What did you see when you looked at me?

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Just a little girl, I had no voice

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You kept me down without a choice

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You gave heartache and pain

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Said I was your endless shame.

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You stole my youth, my childhood

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Stole who I could have been, stealing my motherhood

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What happened to you to treat me that way

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With anger and hate, you kept me at bay.

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Just a girl wanting your love

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Always praying to the Heavens above

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I used to wish you loved me too

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Now I know, I was nothing to you.

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Now, I’m not so little and not so weak

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I use my voice with courage to speak.

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You tried to bury me but wonderfully I grew

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A life in darkness, now my light shines through

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My once broken heart you no longer held

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This story of loss had to be told

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Gone is the girl I used to be

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Gone is the hold you had over me.

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Now, what do you see when you look at me?