I wrote this when a friend confessed to me that she had been a victim of child sex abuse. It is truly one of the darkest things I've ever written. While the ending is a complete figment of my own imagination, upon reading it, she confided that it was cathartic. I warn you, it's not a pleasant read, but having been abused myself, physical not sexual, I found that I could place myself in her body to some degree and my emotions at times are mirror images of her own.

A Child's Revenge

Follow me into my toxic garden
Sit and watch as my soul hardens
Blood boils as the concealed memories gather
Heart beating, racing faster

Darkness surrounds my wretched being
Silently, quietly, my inner core screaming
Apprehension grows as the Dark One nears
Forcing me to face my demons, my fears

As the icy fingertips of death
brush against my naked soul
The thoughts that I'd suppressed for too many years
Come rushing to the surface in a torrential rain of tears

Who were you to judge?
To touch and violate?
As I peer at you, through crying eyes
I find myself filled with hate

An innocent child gone
A vengeful woman in her place
Your lies and pleas fall on deaf ears
This rage will not subside
Get on your knees, for forgiveness pray
On this, your Judgement Day

From between parted lips
Your life's blood drips
As I realize what it is I have done
Death comes to take your hand

The corrupt and depraved land
That was my prison
Will now become your tomb
As I look into your lifeless eyes
I remind you one last time

You brought this torment upon yourself
Dad, this was all because of you