Walking On Broken Glass

Just popped into my head. About forced marriage.

Daddy lost the bet,

The bet between another dad

Desperately trying to find a wife for his son

Daddy lost the bet,

He won some money

But he lost me

Because now I'm marrying a man

I just met,

And don't even know

Apparently I'm marrying into royalty

But daddy is very royal himself

I'm walking on broken glass

Trying to convince myself that

Daddy did the best for his little girl

But this guy,

This guy is the devil

He shows no love

He only shows his lustful eye

Today's the day

The day I give everything away,

The day everything is taken away from me

All because of a stupid bet

Why am I the grand prize

I should have a say in this,

But I guess I don't

I walk on broken glass,

Pour chemicals on myself

To look less attractive,

Maybe that will turn him off

No,

He looks at me and says

"From now on you will forever be my biggest b***h"

Thanks a lot daddy.. 

Author's Note

I honestly don't know where this came from.

Reviews

[Miss Marie Riorden.]

It's quite good. I'm a total Nazi on spelling so I will point out "Poor chemicals on myself" It's pour (:
Not trying to sound mean really. But it is a good write and on a very good subject. Giving away your child. it's almost like slavery, but not quite. You did a good job in catching the emotions that the girl feels. It's almost like you are the girl. It shows her opinion clearly.

[Sunflower 20]

strong words, keep it up :)

[blakjassy]

This is a pretty big topic to tackle! Your poem conveys the idea that the girl involved is very young. The resentment and sarcasm of the last line is typical of many teenage girls... perhaps not quite strong enough for the subject matter but that is just my opinion and you shouldnt read criticism into that!

[sugar]

hahah this made me laugh, it was great

[LittleMissSunshine :)]

I didn't really like the ending.
Your wording throughout the entire piece was enjoyably elegant, but the jerky phrase kind of threw it off.

[SoulCrusader (Yas)]

Highly charged write, deep write!!, like it :)

[Fire Tulip]

Very unique! As usual, you have wowed me:)

[Libby]

Reminds me of a friend, really good.

[Pebbles]

where ever it came from its a really strong write x

[BlindedMinded]

Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! never read one ont that topic

[Dahlia Phoenix]

This reminds me from something I learned in English Literature. We used to get these dark poems of death for example, child doing the job of men like coal mining and so forth but when it came to early marriage it made me angry. This poem is sad because one who truly loves doesn't bet on their own blood for money and secondly, girls less than 14 years old would get married to these creeps. Yes, their innocence was taken away.