You Took My Childhood Away

I was a tiny child
So innocent and mild
You told me to play a game
Did you have no shame?

You said not to tell my mother
You said not to tell my dad
You said it was our secret
And if I told I'd make you sad

How could you do that to a child?
Who was placed under your care?
And how can you live with what you've done
The past to think about how can you bare?

What gave you the right?
To use a child for your dirty game
For your actions then
Do you show any shame?

Will you ever feel guilty?
For hurting a child inside
Or will the things you've said and done
Will you, always hide

How can you mess up a mind?
Of a child who trusted you
How can you live with what you've done?
It was wrong, surely you knew?

You've never said you’re sorry
For how I'm haunted everyday
Of what you did to me
And how you hurt me in that way

You betrayed the trust
Of a little girl in your care
At you, if I saw you again
In the street I'd shout and swear

At times I feel so rotten
But I'm told it wasn't my fault
But I feel like I'm partly involved
Like pepper is to salt

I was four years old
Just out of nappies couldn't you see?
I sit alone at night
And ask 'oh why was it me?'

All I can do now is try to get on
But I can't ever forget
And my children under someone else's care
Is something I will NEVER let!