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An Unwanted Relationship

A Broken Daughter to Her Abusive Father

By Abby WilliamsPublished 7 years ago 1 min read

Your name sends a shudder up my spine

Even if I have not seen you for some time

Your words still posses my mind

As a young child I was blind

I kept thinking that you would love me

Little did I know that I wouldn't be free

Under the wrath of your words

I couldn't fly free like a bird

Mom left you for a reason

As a child I thought it would be for the season

Time went by she never returned

I was afraid to talk to her because I learned

You would be angry with me if I did

All of these emotions I hid

Until the time came when I could speak my mind

I was subtle and tried to be kind

I wanted to express about how I felt

You thought I was dramatic so I dwelt

In this house you called a home

I felt as if it were my tomb

Through thoughts and pain

I thought about my gain

Which was nothing when you were around

I stood my ground

I fought with you

Until you were blue

I left for a reason and you still don't know

You think your innocent through and through

You abused me emotionally

Until I became unsociably

I learned how to fight

For my own right

I left you behind in the past

So that your abusive words in my mind can not last

I moved two thousand miles away

Yet you still string the way

Those hurtful words are always in the back of my mind

I have to leave them behind

Now is my time to blossom

So I can be awesome

Here I am world

For I am impearled

It is my time to lead my own pathway

So he can never get in the way

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