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You took my innocence away;
You stole my childhood that
day.
One violent moment, in a flash it was gone.
And you left me there to
carry on.
The memories will never leave me,
But maybe the pain will
cease.
I know that in order to start living
It's time to do some
forgiving
It's taken a while, but I can forgive you.
But I know
that's not all I have to do.
I need to wrap the child inside me in my
arms
And tell her she is safe, and protected from all harm.
I can
honestly say that the fault wasn't mine
I was only a child; I was only
nine.
What were you thinking when you did this to me??
Did you
think for a moment of how hard life would be?
Of the nightmares that invaded
my sleep every night??
Of the wrong you did that can never be made
right?
I was too little to protect myself then,
But I sure as
hell won't let you do it again.
I won't let you have control of me
anymore
I won't let you keep me behind a locked door.
You stole my innocence, that's true,
But there's
something that you didn't do.
You didn't take my strength,
You didn't take my heart,
You didn't take my faith in
God,
Although in that you played a part.
For while you were hurting me, I remembered to pray,
I
asked God to help me, on that awful summer day.
At first I thought He just
didn't care,
Or maybe He was too busy to answer my prayer.
Although he didn't answer it that exact day,
He answered
it in a most extraordinary way.
He sent me people to help me
through,
They helped to heal the hurts caused by you.
And now I know that God does indeed care,
And I know that
He heard my prayer.
See, there's one thing you didn't take away from me,
You
didn't take the gift I was meant to be.
My life was created for a
purpose.
And just because you violated me
Doesn't mean I'm worthless.
I won't let you have power over me;
I'm through being the
victim, you see.
It will take a while for the pain to go away,
But I'll
make it.
I'll take it day by day.
