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Burn

It's not a weapon,

but it could be.

 

I want to S T R I K E a match,

toss it,

and watch the truth

B U R N you down...

every lie you told,

every mask you wore,

every copy of your Christian newsletter,

every tape of your sermons

B U R N like they're in the same hell

you left me in.

 

Fire climbing over the walls you built

to keep the truth out.

Flames melting the armor you wear

to protect your image as golden.

 

Soon everyone will know

exactly who you are,

exactly what you did.

 

Because soon I will find my voice

buried in that dark basement room

where you took it from me

and I will S C R E A M

the truth

until the sound waves

puncture your ear drums

and the

very

last

sound

you

hear

will be my voice naming you as

my R A P I S T .

 

You thought you

D E S T R O Y E D

me.

Little did you know...

You built me.

T O U C H by T O U C H

you turned me from a loving little girl

into an angry adult woman.

 

You thought you W O N ,

but don't you know?

You've always been a

 

L O S E R .

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Written by
Songbird0926
50 / F
Published
May 17
Lines·Words
46·225
Notes

Tonight, for the first time ever, without someone prompting me, I got angry at my abuser. Maybe therapy is helping. (This story concludes in "Backlash".)

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#child#abuse#fire#burn#destroy#voice#scream#retribution#loser
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