Children should grow up happy and carefree, sheltered and protected by loving parents. But what happens when the father of a little girl seeks the physical love he no longer finds with his wife in his daughter and abuses her for years? And the alcoholic mother looks the other way. What goes on in this defenseless child when the father comes to her bed at night and all the unspeakable things happen that should never happen? The author describes in her poems this nameless horror, this paralysis, the fear, the pain, the helpless despair, the disgust, and the shame in a way that deeply affects the reader. As an adult woman, she has managed to take control of her life. Not every victim of abuse is able to do that. The emotional wounds have scarred - but the scars remain. For a lifetime. Those who have read this book have an even greater obligation to intervene at the slightest suspicion of child abuse. If the parents themselves do not protect their children, others must step in.