Today I found myself
Reminiscing on my childhoodThe long nights turned
into long days
N' the long days into weeks
Weeks into months
Eventually the months were yearsI was eleven years old
When my father came into my lifeI was thirteen
When I realized I was freeSome days were good
N some were so bad
I could hardly breatheAt one point in my life
I thought...
This must be normalThese feelings and urges
Made me feel so...
AloneI felt no one truly knew me
No one understood
Where I was coming fromI was just a child
But because I wasn't his
It made it all okI wish I was strong enough
To tell you momBecause if I did
At seventeen
He wouldn't have tried
Then succeeded againHe said you're older now
As he laid on top of me
Dripping sweat in my eyes
And in my mouthI am supposed to feel stronger
Right now I feel weak
The one thing I wanted to keep
Locked awayBecame the weapon
That shattered my growthMy strength stolen from me
He made out
Like a thief in the nightI promised myself
To stay quiet
I promised myself
After the man I called DadDid it all over again
I wouldn't give
Any man that strength
Now I'll have to relive it
Every time I look in his face
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