Dear Father, are you still my hero?

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Dear father,

Where has the hero gone to?

Why did you change into the villain that hurt me?

Weren’t you the hero that used to love me?

Dear father,

Am I still dear to you?

Hurt me, father

For I am but a child of yours

Hate me, beat me, and lock me behind wooden doors

Hide me from everyone’s sight

Beat me for your satisfaction

I gave up the will to fight these tears

Only you are in my nightmares

Only you are my fear

I’m trembling as I walk inside our used-to-be warm house

I can never call it again my home

For that is where you beat me

To no one is it known

It’s our secret father

For you have forced me to seal my lips

I shake with nervousness

As I watch my trembling fingertips

Father,

Are you still my hero?

Father, oh, father,

Do you still love me so?

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