I was just a child

I was just a child.
I didn't have dreams.
I didn't know
what I wanted for the future.
I just wanted you to go,
but you still took me away with you.
Why did you ever have to come,
for you brought the pain.
I was just a child,
but I knew to hide,
and I knew to lie,
Anything to rid myself of you.
To get away
from the hurt to come,
for you always hurt me.
And I thought there was
something wrong with me.
Maybe I was as evil
as you said I was.
And that scared me.
I didn't want the devil to get me.
But now I know,
With all the things I did,
All the pain I accepted,
All the tears I cried,
And the hatred I felt,
I was still just a child