Sleep Darling

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Sleep darling,
so you won't have to live
in a world of sin,

Sleep darling,
so you won't have to suffer
from being abused
or being a prostitute,

Sleep darling,
so you won't have to wake up
next to a stranger...

Sleep darling...
until I can find your father,
because I don't want you
to live like I have to live
just to survive...

Sleep darling,
so you won't have to feel the drugs
and the alcohol

Sleep darling,
until its your time to wake up,
I long to find a better life for us
sweet baby... so until then...
sleep my precious little angel

Author's Note

My friends mom works with abused women and children and I went with her to work yesterday and we interviewed a pregnant and former prostitute and drug addict and how she wants to get her life together for her unborn child. It was really sad, but this is what I came up with.

Reviews

[EdgeOfDark]

Again, another true-to-life portrait. I volunteer at a battered womens shelter every couple of weeks, and to say its a miserable place is being kind. The kids are the most scarred of all. That poem's a dream that every mother wants for their child ... those that are trying, that is. Well done.

[Sleeping Maiden]

Awww.. this is so sad and moving. Its painful when reality is so harsh at times. Hope she finds that new path. I liked how you wrote this through her view. Really great write. ^^

[unknown]

Great poem and inspirational!

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

This was a sad write, but all parents do want better for their kids. I loved this write. Telling the story through the woman's eyes. I liked this. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[Krystal Nicole]

Aaa. so sad, but great job!!!

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

A sad truth and I hope with all my heart she finds a new path that she can walk upon that will benefit her child when it comes into this harsh world.