Take her youth, it's only the beginning All her life, all she's known are endings Stolen peace - changed for all time Forever altered, broken child I cannot cry, your ocean of tears for you Take my hand, you know that I love you You were a child, he ripped from you your innocence Shame written in blood, written by his ignorance Your inheritance, a river sixteen years deep You saved my life, you kept me safe from him Time to grieve, you never had the chance to Time to mourn - for what he took from you How can she sleep with burning in her mind? She can no longer see to write, the page obscured by pain In her mind she recreates the scenes of tears Cast in fire, wasted bitter years