Why Did You

Why did you take advantage of me,
Why did you do it when I was so young?
Why did you grin with those smug, rotting gums
like it was a joke,
like it meant nothing?

Why did you think it was okay,
knowing I was your daughter?
That kind of evil doesn’t burn away.

You knew.
You said sorry.
But sorry can’t stitch up a soul.
Sorry doesn’t make me whole.
Sorry doesn’t make me jolly.

You ruined that day
and rewrote my life.

Coward.
Disgusting.
A thing I despise.