That Happened To Me
Child molestation. That happened to me,
At that age of innocents, when I was just three.
Childhood stolen. That happened to me.
The molestation continued with an increasing degree.
More abuse every year. That, too, happened to me.
Their hurting your baby, how could this be?
Drug abuse at nine. Hey, that happened to me.
That's par for the course because one man's now three.
Stealing and lying. Yep, that happened to me,
But, those cries for help they just didn't see.
Suicidal behavior. That's happened to me.
Death is the answer now don't you agree?
Suicide attempts. Three times, that's happened to me.
My body they touched, but, my soul I'd set free.
Rape. Sadly, that too has happened to me.
Screams muffled by his hand with no way to flee.
Unwanted sex. Quite often, that's happened to me.
To keep a man I thought that's how it must be.
Mother at sixteen. That's happened to me.
I'd never known love, my son was the key.
Drinking and drugs. That's happened to me.
A lot of liquor and meth and an addiction to weed.
Drop out of school. That's happened to me.
Only 27.5 credits to go, or, quit and be free.
Fight to survive. It just so happens to be,
That's what I'll do because what happened to me...
About this poem
This poem is about things relating to the first 29 years of my life.
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Written on 2007
Submitted by malveaux2008 on January 17, 2024
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,206 |
Words | 247 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
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