1.) Your birth date was January 11, 1985
2.) The more I think about it the worse it gets.
3.) 7 years ago you asked a 13 year old girl what she would do if you tried to kiss her
4.) you pulled on her small legs to make her frail back lie on the couch beside yours
5.) In some ways you lost
6.) you did not get the innocence you so wrongfully tried to pry out of her... with her permission of course.
7.) The sweet venom that left your tongue did not fool her therefore you only obtained stolen forehead kisses and hugs just above the waistline
8.) In way more than thirty ways you won
9.) she feels as though she should wash every inch of her body because you touched it
10.) you still have access to girls
11.) you caused this child to lay under a desk for hours while her parents had no idea the torture she endured
12.) the police could do nothing because you were smart with your slimy fingers
13.) she cared for you
14.) you confused her
15.) you can raise your son
16.) you can raise your son
17.) you can raise your son
18.) to be... like... you
19.) you can build a relationship
20.) you knew
21.) but it doesn't matter because she won some too
22.) she grew up
23.) she found love
24.) She pursued a career to help children like her
25.) she spoke up
26.) she told your wife and you lost your daughters
27.) they are safe
28.) she learned to cope
29.) she succeeds daily
30.) she has nightmares but not of you
31.) she can express herself
32.) she is truthful
33.) she knows it is not her fault... you are not her fault
34.) she is no longer afraid
35.) you do not Identify her
36.) this is the first time she has thought of you in five years
37.)she survived
38.) her birth date is February 13, 2002 and her next birthday is February 13, 2023
©katherine
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