dad?

you came in the dark of night
my heart pounding
no shred of light

your claws slid down
caressing my body
as i laid down chained with uncertainty

you punctured deep my soul
taking my innocence
my humanity you stole

touch me not...

should i have screamed?
should i have told?
now a tainted child

afraid to know
the evil that came
a ghost of pure sorrow
death its wings
a flesh from childhood

snatched away in pain...

my soul sinks
shame buried deep
trapped forever in memory

I should have screamed
I should have told...

TOUCH ME NOT.

a poem for a friend

2001
-drei