Hit Daddy Back

……

His perverted face

haunts your dreams,

and you can never manage

to stop the screams.

A look in his eyes

of sick accomplishment

can only enhance

this dangerous malnourishment.

…

Still you endure

every attack

because you wouldn’t think

to hit daddy back.

……

A slap in the face,

his touch on your skin;

you cower away

and don’t let people in.

Slowly you die

afraid in your bed

with crippling delusions

haunting your head.

…

Now, you endure

his every attack

but slowly you wonder,

‘could I hit daddy back?’

……

Flashbacks and delusions;

dangerous things.

They can be the foe,

but escape they can bring.

The bitterness forms

deep in your bones,

creating a hatred

for the sick words he crones.

…

You can barely endure

his tainted attack

as the desire grows

to hit daddy back.

……

With one touch

fire in you flares.

Finally bed time

is not just for scares.

His abuse builds inside

flowing up from within

until one day, you know,

he’ll pay for his sin.

…

You will not endure

any attack

because you are free

to hit daddy back.