Goodbye To Innocence
Another night...
the familiar sound of footsteps...
coming down the hall.
Fear overtook me...
as tears ran down my face.
I prayed that he would continue on by...
but it was not to be.
As so many other nights...
my heart pounded so hard...
I felt like human prey...
trapped with no escape...
the hungry beast closing in.
Next I heard my bedroom door creak,,,
as it slowly opened.
I then felt his hot breath...
with an odor of stale alcohol and tobacco mixed in.
I tried to pretend I was asleep...
but all my attempts to stop this attack were futile.
I once thought that I would grow up...
find my prince charming...
get married...have children...
then live happily ever after.
Now those dreams have been shattered.
I no longer felt like my daddy's princess.
How could he do those horrible things to me?
Try as I might...the years have gone by...
still my past seeps into every fiber
of my being.
Like a poison invading every avenue of my life...
I can't forget...
I can't let go...
What am I to do?
How do I find peace...
How do I find Joy...
Above all...how can I feel love?
P.R. Deremer
Copyright © Pam Deremer | Year Posted 2020
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