The Tear

Face hidden in shame
A lonely tear drips off her nose
For who else can she blame?
Dignity gone with her torn clothes.

Society tells us how to look, how to dress
No matter how beautiful they say she is
From inside her mind she's a huge mess
She hear's don't do this, don't do that
Get good grades, read your books

She fears the wrath if she tells
So damned alone, no where to turn
What to do, what to say
Nobody will believe her anyway!

Innocence taken in the name of love
Even though shes black and blue
She looks to the sky to heaven above
Abandoned she feels
No one has a clue

He didn't listen as she screamed, "NO"!
Battered, bruised, innocence gone
What can she do, where does she go?
It's all your fault, surely they'll say
You've been asking for it anyway

She carries this alone and close to her heart
Never saying a word to anyone
Time goes on, years they fly
Then one day she just falls apart
Lonely tears roll down her chin
He cares enough to ask her why
Can she trust him with what lies within?

Years of guilt, years of shame
No matter how she dressed or what she wore
She carried all the blame
Just so Daddy would not call her whore!

In that moment, day and time
She decided she must tell
She stopped right there, stopped on a dime
To let go the years of her living hell

He wiped the tears from her chin
He felt her pain, ever so sad
He said, "Now your life can really begin"
The shame she carried thinking she was bad
She could finally let go and let him in!


Dori Wheeler 25april09