Hurt Me Further

Victim

I once knew a victim of child abuse

For a man's pedophilic affections was she used

No one on earth heard her terrified screams

Afraid of the dark for what darkness mean

Alone at night fear darkened her eyes

Her mind playing over sad, sick lullabies

No one saw the scars on her arms and her hearts

No one held her as she cried it the dark

A broken soul aged only ten

Knowing she'd never be whole again

Wanting to die having hardly known life

A darkened youth to be cut short by her knife

She was young and free and safe

Now her home was a terrible place

No longer did she sleep safe and sound

She hid in the closet so as not to be found

Where was the innocence all others had

Hers had been taken while she drove herself mad

Thoughts of self hate seeped beneath her skin

Led her to think it's her fault and sin

Her life was no longer simple and free

Her childhood robbed, she wished no longer to breathe

She was so terribly alone

And she believed she deserved a broken home

And as she grew, her depression grew deeper

Everyone she trusted would abandon and leave her

And her self loathing became obsessive now

A childhood ruined and thrown to waste

Darkness destroyed light of once innocent days

Yes, I once knew a victim of abuse, you see

The lonely victim I know, is me