Cycle

Cycle

". . . visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the

third and the fourth generation. . . . "

Alone in the dark a little girl cries.

Did Daddy die or just go away?

Why is truth always buried in lies?

A new Dad moves in but to her surprise

He touches her in ways she dares not say.

Alone in the dark a little girl cries.

They take her to church but although she tries

She's told she'll burn come Judgment Day.

Why is truth always buried in lies?

She runs away. To live, she relies

On the lust of strangers. What can she say,

"Alone in the dark a little girl cries?"

She moves in with a man who gives her highs

for free, but finds there's Hell to pay.

Why is truth always buried in lies?

When he abuses their daughter, she prepares her good-byes

but he beats her to silence. So again today,

Alone in the dark a little girl cries.

Why is truth always buried in lies?

by Sarah Fairchild 1984

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Notes:

→ This definitely has a form, but I am not sure what it is. She would have been working on her master's thesis at the time.   Perhaps it is an unfinished attempt at a  pantoum . . . or something else.