Valerie

Dysfunction

I want so badly

to know what it\'s like

to feel safe in a parent\'s arms.

I strive to cover myself in ink

and metal 

to get rid of the body you\'ve ruined.

The vessel that is carrying my soul

is defiled.

I have never been able to be a child

because you took that away.

 

I never got to feel innocence.

I was never afraid of the dark

because I was too busy being afraid of you.

I am not an \"old soul\".

I matured quickly

because being your daughter forced me to.

How can you look me in the eye

knowing what you did?