Just because you gave birth, <br />Doesnt mean your worth, <br />Being called a mum, <br />Because you never acted like one, <br />When innocence is snatched away, <br />Its hard to live day after day, <br />Years have gone by, <br />But i still sit alone and cry, <br />For all the thing that were taken from me, <br />Especially my innocence and dignity, <br />You brought all these men into my life, <br />Watched while they cut my heart out with a knife, <br />So much damage has been done, <br />Arranged by the person i called mum, <br />Your grip on me was so tight, <br />In the end i gave up the fight, <br />Even though i was only a kid, <br />You gave them all permission to do what they did, <br />You always covered it up so well, <br />You knew i was to scared to tell, <br />So much inside me has died, <br />I wished i never lied, <br />To try to protect you <br />Now 36 years on, <br />Not an ounce of the pain has gone, <br />I cant find a closure for what you have done, <br />I keep on looking but cant find one, <br />There is no where to hide, <br /> From this loniness and pain i feel inside.<br /><br />brenda fisher<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/so-you-call-yourself-a-mother/
