You sang me Spanish lullabies,
Held me in your arms as I cried that night,
Told me everything was going to be alright,
So I took your word and believed you.
.
You said this was alright, not a single thing was wrong
As you dipped yourself on top of me--
Held me tight as you took me places I’ve never been,
As I felt feelings I’ve never felt.
.
All too new, these feelings, were all too foreign,
You said it was alright, said it was fine.
I let you, believed you, for a long time.
.
Then Daddy came rushing in my room;
He said he was going to work late.
He face when he saw us,
Oh his face,
His pale raged face, as he charged at us.
.
He beat you black and blue,
I cried at the site not understanding why,
You said it was alright.
.
I lay in the hospital,
As they check me.
But why do they?
You said it was alright,
As you sang me lullabies every night.
.
I clutch myself,
Why do they say it’s not my fault?
You said it was alright?
.
“Dolly, my baby, it was not alright.”
Daddy cries as he holds my small body.
