I was reading along thinking how great of a poem this was and how much feeling I could tell you put into it, the emotion.. oh god the emotion. But then I got to the end

"no one is going
to steal my innocence,
no stranger will break me
nor leave me jumbled
for the rest of my life..

you already did.."

and I burst into tears, right here at my desk. How heartbreaking, Yaki.

Wow! I've read this numerous times now and am just floored by the raw emotion beautifully cases within this canvas of words!

"you were the one that
beat and bruised my
childhood out of me.."

Brutal honesty that most would be unable to face even in poetic form.
I feel kinda bad saying great piece or good write because I feel like I'm applauding your pain.
So I'll just say, you have a flawless way with words!
Keep it up!

There was a lot of emotion put into this verse I can tell. How very sad that you feel this way and I wonder if your mother has read this piece? I have a daughter myself and, although it is very hard to do...I realised that the only way for her to learn about life was to make her own mistakes. It was hard to stand back but...it was the only way.

Maybe, if you haven't already done so...show this to your mother, she may not even be aware of your feelings.

Yaki... what empowering ways you master to move your readers.. I love it.