Every night the same old fear

Praying that he would not come near.

I closed my eyes praying he would leave

The horror was too painful for me to believe.

For eight years he continued on

I cried and begged for him to stop

But he insisted it was not wrong.

He claimed that since he made me it was his right

So he did this every night.

It seemed like suicide was the only way out

No one could hear my screams and shouts.

After those nights I just wanted to die

He said he would stop, but that was a lie.

Eventually he would leave

and I would cry myself to sleep

No one would understand, this was a secret I had to keep.