I looked up to you for everything I needed,
you raised me for eleven years with no trouble,
then you began to drink and beat me,
lying awake and afraid of you I cry,
every night I cried to heal my physical scars,
they all healed but the emotional pain is still there,
my mother and I left you to get away from the pain,
but all we did was get away from the bruises,
in my mind I hurt because of you,
I can never open to myself to another man,
always afraid of getting hurt again,
why can't you see what you have done to me,
I will never be the same,
and it's all your fault!
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