A Beast

Only once you took my innocence away
your perseverance the mind had to sway
I fled the house and climbed a tree
The fear that gripped me I’ll never be free

When you went back to your drink
My sanity pushed to the very brink
fear and anxiety crushing my soul
My mother I searched for me to console

Tears streaming but no words came
I sat on her lap till her legs went lame
The story told she confronted you
The reality of your lies was due

Hatred and anger was unleashed
forever you turned into a beast
I became a punching bag, a scape goat
Mother and father my future rewrote

When you died I did not cry
A sigh of relief I sighed.