Betrayal

To listen, she asked Your verdict already cast Expletives punctuating ignorance. Her tears exciting, remarks dehumanising, impossible to retract. Your reputation prioritised, her name slandered; victory yours, loss hers. Her life, a product of yours; her livelihood, you attempt to deny. A provider, you succeed to be. Material a measure to your worth, blood expendable to your notes. Tempers flared, intent differed, the innocent, deemed guilty. Once a child, now a woman; once a father, now a stranger.