Shadows Uninvited

I moved into a house,

A refuge, a place to heal,

Among friends and laughter,

A space that should feel real.

He was kind at first,

A step-brother, nothing more.
But shadows lurked in silence,

Behind a friendly door.

One night I felt his presence,

Eyes piercing through the dark,

Watching me in slumber,

His gaze a chilling mark.

I thought it was a nightmare,

A fleeting, fragile fear,

But his hand reached in the night,

And the truth became too clear.

I froze, I fought, I shattered,

The walls that made me safe.
Each touch stole pieces of me,

Leaving cracks I couldn't trace.

Then came the heated moment,

When anger met his grip,

A force that screamed of power,
A darkness I couldn't slip.

But I am not his shadow,

I'm the light that he can't claim.
A voice that won't be silenced,

A spirit he can't maim.

I write to heal the fractures,

To name the scars I bear.
This is my truth, my power,

A story I'll declare.

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