She was four
     he taught her games
she was five
     he gave her sweets
she was six
     he trapped her in the bathroom
she was seven
     he made her suck him
she was eight
     on the floor, under the windows
she was nine
     watching him on her back
she was ten
     she didn't stop him
she was eleven
     he tried and failed

she was twelve
     he ignored her
she was thirteen
     she hated him
she was fourteen
     she hit him
she was fifeteen
     she kicked him in the balls
she was sixteen
     red rage, violence
she was seventeen
     he didn't know her name

she was eighteen
     "hello" every morning
she was nineteen
     he had no idea
she was twenty
     freedom at last
she was twenty one
     her life fell apart
she was twenty two
     slowly rebuilding,
     remembering
I will be twenty three
    I will no longer be silent