You enter my room,

Late, late each night.

Whispering my name,

You turn on the light.

I know what�s going to happen,

Every night this scene takes place.

Your laughing eyes are mocking me,

As is the smile on your face.

You will ask me how my day was,

As if you even care,

And then you�ll sit beside me,

And begin to stroke my hair.

You'll try to get me to lean back,

Try to get me to undress.

And I'll do it, because I'm terrified.

I'm a coward, I confess.

You will touch me, and caress me

And I'll cringe, but I will bear it.

Yet, underneath, I do abhor you.

I despise this! Oh, I swear it!

Some may say I asked for this,

Some may say it's all my fault.

But we both know, don�t we, Daddy,

Who started this assault.

But no one will believe me,

It's my word against your own.

And who'll believe a 12- year-old,

Over a man who's fully grown?

Remember, Daddy, when you said,

Not to invent things for attention?

Well, do you think someone will believe

Things too horrible to mention?

So I won't tell a soul,

I won't complain and I won't fight,

But don't pretend you love me, Daddy,

And that everything's alright.

Don't speak to me anymore.

I don't want to hear your voice.

Just come and do what it is you do.

Because we know I have no choice.

Do not sit beside me when we eat,

Do not drive me home from school.

Don�t ever kiss me goodnight, Daddy,

Don�t play me for a fool.

For we're no longer a family.

You are not my father.

I will never, ever love you, "Daddy".

I will never be your daughter.



Written By Robyn