Loss of Innocence

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Published in Releasing Times
Bi-Monthly Women's Journal
March, 2006

Published in elizaPress Eclectic
Anthology Series, No. 4,
HIMS, June,2007

A happy childhood the joy of discovery shattered on the day she turned thirteen when her father's love for her changed took on an ugly face No longer innocent No longer clean The dark secret now kept to herself His words of love no longer held the ring of truth Feelings of dread at each day's end Feeling anger Feeling shame Feeling hurt that he no longer loved her as a daughter not in the way a father should love Her love for him tarnished forever She lost her confidence She lost her self respect She lost her daddy Innocence beyond recall she no longer trusted

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