The Father's Sins

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Why did you rape her?

Where were you when I needed you

You left me and mother to the wolves

Her family wanted to crucify me

For your sins

The sins of the father, the shame you left for me

In the night I wanted to scream but couldn't

I was there lamb

Left to lions by its father

And paid in its own blood

Raped and ravage by the town

Left in the open for all to see

Always carrying your sins

That name, that last name

A target for all to see

For all to attack, for your sins

This life was painful

You left to jail

While I was living in one

Never able to turn around

Never ever able to forget

Never ever able to leave

Hiding always hiding

The sins of the father was my price tag

To the highest bidder they called

Here have her, the child of a monster in a small town

I tried to kill myself many times

For the sins of the father

Leave me to die I say

It was much less painful

The only silence I had in my head was when the pills took effect

But as the doctor brought me back

I knew

I knew then, I had to pay for the sins of the father.

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