Innocent

The girl stands there alone, eyes filled with despair.
She's waiting for this to end, waiting for her freedom.
It wasn't her fault, she didn't have any choice.
A life such as hers', this scene from a nightmare.

Each movement causes pain, she's bloody and sore.
Suffering in silence while being slammed repeatedly against a wall.
'His' actions shocked her, the girl saw no reason for violence.
The reason for her beating? Hadn't made enough money that night.

In the brisk cold the girl stands near a corner, praying for help.
She cries in fear of her father; hadn't earned a single cent.
The girl doesn't return home the next morning, she was done.
The bed 'he' provided wasn't worth the years of beatings.

A year passes since she escapes, not one sign of her family.
That girl who was afraid to say no, learned to speak up.
She isn't scared of her father anymore, only disgusted.
The girl is ready to protect her sister, she's moving home.

Never again will she fall for 'his' tricks.
She won't believe the lies as they spill out her father's lips.
No longer paralyzed by fear, she now understands.
Some children never get the chance to be innocent.