Hurt You Again

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,

His thundering footsteps pound down the hall.

Incy Wincy Spider climbed up the water spout.
Daddy can’t find you, he’s angry and starts to shout.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
You start to tremble, he isn’t far.

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, to fetch her dog a bone.
He’s found you, he’s beating you, he’ll say you’re accident-prone.

Little Bo Peep lost all her sheep.
He’s hitting you harder, you start to weep.

Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
Your anguished cries are worryingly loud, so he gags you with his sock.

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?
His empty bottle deals your skull a forceful striking blow.

Ring ‘o’ ring ‘o’ roses, pocket full ‘o’ posies, ashes, ashes, we all fall down.
You’re sore, bruised and bleeding as you fall to the ground.

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and way.
Underwear down and down they stay.

All the King’s Horses and all the King’s Men,
Can’t promise Daddy won’t hurt you again.

Author's Note

Once again an exaggeration, NEVER has my father sexually abused me IN ANY WAY. It's to increase the emotion to the poem. (:

Right at this moment, I'm revising this and entering it into a local contest my school participating in called KALEIDOSCOPE by the Michigan Reading Association... You enter it into your school and each school can enter ONE entry per school. The winner gets $250. I could really use $250 haha. Help my mom get some stuff she's been needing for a long time and haven't gotten for herself to instead take care of me.

Reviews

[CT]

Wow. Just... Wow. This makes me want to cry. Very powerful, and very sad. The way you used the nursery rhymes to heighten the impact- utterly brilliant.

[K.C. Zbryk]

I like how u used the nursery rhymes to add to the effect of the poem and it worked quite well. They brought out the true horror that some have to experience in their youth. Terrifying saddening and very well done

[Kenneth The Poet]

Powerful scary.