The Devil You Know

I was strong, I thought. I didn’t fit the mold, Now I’m fractured where I was bold. Like the heinous scar you thoughtlessly branded I lost with the trust I took for granted. So I bore the Scarlet A And covered up your perversion In my own promiscuous way. Like a re-rerun of a show I hated, Made to re-watch, I meticulously mentally recreated. Inside, insidiously saddled Our salacious secret I privately battled. I could not, would not, take away The respect my love held so close, To someone I thought I could trust the most. As venomous as a fatal snake bite, your fangs, they pierced, more than one life. I think of your future daughter Will she be spared the same vile slaughter? You took what was not yours to keep, more than any man should reap.