She lays in wait
for dark to cover
Trembles from remembering
Tight sheets pulled up to her tiny chin.
Heavy echoing footsteps fall
She hides behind steel eyes
While nights lips caress her skin.
Choked within once again
She wonders how this could be?
Each night she prays for dreams to hide
But nightmares come more easily
Dawn cannot break too soon.
Pinned beneath the weight of shame
Steel eyes staring at the wall
Concentrate on anything but pain.
Choked within once again
She wonders how this could be?
Cross yourself and pray. . . .
Daylight wakes her, taunting day
White lies whispered to ease her fear
Belief is not a word she knows.
Baptized by the father's hand
Crucified for her sex
Her steel eyes empty and close.
Choked within once again
She wonders how this could be?
Cross yourself and pray
For father's sin.
Ave Maria.
Amen.