BETRAYAL By Tom Jensen
What will her friends say?
What wild rumors will be spread?
Where lies her escape?
These thoughts run ‘round in her head
She had been bruised inside
Blood trickled down the side of her face
He was twice her size
She was just half his age
She fought so hard but she was unable to resist
That’s okay,
I like it better this way, he hissed
When she tried to say no with her knee
He said yes with his fist
But luckily, when he swung he had missed…
At least the first time
He pinned her down
Leaving red welts on her wrists?
To mom and dad she cried:
I’m sorry to have to tell you this:
But Jesus wasn’t the only one
Who was betrayed by a kiss
Yet never in Sunday school did they ever cover this…
And this was her first time
What will her friends say?
What wild rumors will be spread?
Where lies her escape?
So many thoughts run round in her head
Once it was known
That his seed had been sewn
She carried the child like a disease
For when the baby came
How could she explain
That a rapist’s eyes were all that she sees
What will her friends say?
What wild rumors will be spread?
Where lies her escape?
So many thoughts run
round in her head
Conflicting voices whisper in her ear
She tries to drown them out but they won’t disappear
Her pastor’s sermons and a voice that she hadn’t heard before
Every day that voice
Speaks louder…
She knows soon
It will speak no more…