You see it on T.V,
read it in magazines,
but never think it happens,
not to the ones you hold dear.
i didn't know it had a name,
i just put up with it and carried on
i must have done something to deserve this
thats what i thought all the while long
i kept it a secret for 10 years at least
left it safely behind my 50ft wall
i love going to school
just to get away from it all
then one day it just slipped out
i didn't mean to say it
it's like that secret wanted to be told
and not just left there until i grew old
i told my secret; she looked horrified
i just sat there and cried
she said "thats child abuse you can't lock it away"
i said "but its normal i put up with it every day"
she did what she could; always there to help and listen
never judged or turned away
just kept me going
day by day
i dread returning home from school
i just know it sat there
waiting for me on the other side of that door
so i pluck up the courage n walk through the door
same routine almost every day
i must have done something to deserve this i just must have
see thats the horrific side of a step parent
they just don't see you as there child
they take every thing out on you
they love torturing you
