I knew if I cried
It was weakness
I knew if I ran
You would follow
I knew if I hid
You would seek
The only thing I could do
Was endure
So I took hit after hit
At its peak
First the arm
Then the back
You hit my chest
And I heard a crack
I fell to the ground
You just pounded me down
Bloody and bruised
So helpless against you
A grain of sand
Against a monsoon
But you kept going
To just get your fix
I thought I was a bad girl
I deserved these hits
These beats
These whips
But now I'm older
Thank god for that
For those times you beat me
I thought they were my last
But look now, here I am
And now I know I'm not the blame
It's your mind and your thoughts
That should be in shame
I was just a mere child
Of five and a half
You had no business
Acting like that