My Childhood Memories

When most adults have fond childhood memories Filled with days of sunshine, most happiest of times I am left with childhood memories just the opposite My childhood memories haunt me even still this day Memories of dark, cold and stinging bitterness Days of pain and of shame and wondering what I'd done They all come flooding back even now years later Remembering back when my innocence was lost Feeling lost and confused, torn and abused My childhood memories aren't happy ones Having to endure what no child should Trying to survive in a world that seemed so cold Feelings of anguish, hurt and not understanding Wondering why and how a man I loved as my dad could do that Being sexually abused makes up my childhood memories