Night Calls

In guiltless slumber she dreams The stillness of night is broken Cold hands smother her screams As reassuring words are spoken Feeling safe she lets down her guard His hands touch private places Overpowered though fighting hard Her innocence he defaces With daylight comes the shame That she's done something wrong To scared to point or blame In silence she goes along Shadows make regular calls As nights turn into years She escapes through a hole in the wall Followed by darkened fears She takes to sleeping days Night is not her friend Her past is never raised Memories are suppressed within She goes on with her life One day she meets a man Soon becomes his wife And yields to his demands But time does not forget Marriage is a constant reminder It fails miserably in regret She just can't put it behind her an original poem by Daniel Turner