Little Girl, I am
Updated: Jun 12, 2019
Little girl I am.
Clueless.
Little girl, I am.
Trusting adults who are family...
because family would never hurt you.
Little girl I am.
Beautiful.
Little girl, I am.
Men shouldn’t look at you
because
you have nothing to offer... but what if they do?
Little girl I am.
Naïve.
Little girl, I am.
You're too young
you must’ve mistaken it
for something else.
Little girl I am.
Confused.
Little girl, I am.
How is it just because he’s family it’s okay, confused I am.
Confused because it makes me uncomfortable.
How is it my fault?
Confused on its “our little secret.”
Little girl I am. Helpless. Little girl I am.
Sharing my confusion with another little girl so I can be clear,
but this little girl- this little girl, has a little secret too.
Little girl I am. Voiceless. Little girl I am.
Waiting for the day I out grow you.
Plotting my escape from you.
Little girl I am. Gone. Little girl I am.
Thinking I was free of you, but every time
you came around or we came around...
Little girl I am.
Wondering why I didn’t scream from the roof tops,
why did I only cry in silence, why didn’t i stop it?
Could I have? I was just a little girl.
How could i tell my father what his father has done?
Little girl, I am. Too young to understand.
Too young to realize it was never my fault,
never my place to save feelings.
I had one job.
Be the little girl with head full of dreams,
but instead I got nightmares.
-writer has asked to remain anonymous
