by Annette Radford

Created on: August 20, 2008

You took away my childhood,
Left me with frightening fears.
A child alone in an adult world
All alone for too many long years.

You did not defeat me,
I won't let life beat me.
I am what I am
Because what you did,
Has made me as strong as I am.

I overcame fear, no longer alone
I shared my sadness and shame,
My loss, grief and pain
With others who had been through the same.

Tooth and nail I still fight
For those who still suffer alone
To give them the right
To know that they are not alone.

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