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My greatest nightmare

Patrick Mercy 1989 (Kaduna)

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Being a child
I felt safe with you
Trusting innocently
But you made me grow up
You molested me
When you were supposed to protect me People thought I was safe with you
They never knew you were my greatest nightmare
Don't tell anyone you said
Keep quiet, you said
All this I did for fear of the unknown
I was too young to know better
You took advantage of an innocent child Even after these time,
I am still being hunted by my past
I still wake up at night with so much fear and pain
All because of you
How do I forgive
How do I let go of my greatest nightmare

About this poem

It tells the travail that children face at the hands of those who took advantage of them.

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Written on September 10, 2022

Submitted by mercykadiri4 on September 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCDCBEFFGHIJKBLE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 569
Words 125
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
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