No Shame

When I was a little child,

I'd escape into my head

And into the heads of authors

Through the magic words I read

I'd be many different people,

Each one braver than myself

Then I wouldn't feel his weight

And I wouldn't hear them yell

When they asked me at the shelter,

If my father touched me there

I dreamt with my eyes open,

Mute I shook my hair

The truth was just too painful

And I did not trust their care

Only years and cities later

Could I lay the facts out bare

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He took from me ten years of childhood,

Spent three years in jail at most

How can a country's code of justice

Be such a world away from just?

Mother says she still loves him,

Tells me that I'm doing fine,

That he needs her more than I do,

So I really should not mind

Now I'm supposed to be all grown up,

I escape into these songs

I still hide inside those books

When I'm really feeling down

Shame like a stalker haunts me

He may never go away

But I won't be sad,

I won't let him steal my joy

When he tells me I am worthless,

I sing out anyway

cause I won't be sad or silent

I won't let him steal my joy

He tells me I am worthless,

But I sing out anyway

Cause I won't be sad

I won't let him steal my joy

I won't be sad I won't be silent

I won't let him steal my joy