Come Here, Little Brother

Child abuse can lead to child's death!

Come here, little brother

And sit with me

I'll sing you a lullaby

So please, don't cry

 

Daddy's all alone

Now that mommy's long gone

Let's just stay as quiet as we can be

Or daddy will give us pain and misery

 

Shhhh! Little brother

Daddy's coming this way

I can hear his heavy boots

Coming up the stairway

 

With his belt in his hand

And reached for you with the other one

I cried endlessly

As he beat you constantly

 

I'm sorry, little brother

I sat there watching

As he colored you black and blue

And blood stained your shirt of scooby-doo

 

He slammed your head against the wall

Your body lay cold on the floor

I tried to run and call for help

But he caught me by the door

 

He wrapped his belt around my neck

And I tried to fight back

But I took my last breath

And he threw me down, leaving my skull cracked

 

Let's try not to remember this incident

I'm sure it was just an accident

But this reminds me

He murdered us like he murdered mommy

 

Come here, little brother

And lay with me

Below the ground, six feet deep

Even though,we all know, this was not meant to be

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

This was good John. I like that you chose a topic you are concerned about and presented it in a victim's perspective fashion; really well done. It was chilling and gruesome but the same can be said for the atrocities visited upon some children by their own parents; the people who are supposed to protect, love and care for them. Just as important I think is a less drastic; yet constant form of child abuse that goes unnoticed. It doesn't leave bruises or welts or fractures...at least none the eye can readily detect. There is physical abuse and there is also mental and emotional abuse. I've heard parents tell their kids they were "good for nothing" "useless" "wish you'd never been born" curse them, yell at them and harass them for no good reason all the while claiming it was for "their own good"...these people don't deserve children and what's worse is the cycle it unwaveringly begins...they grow up to be bullies to their kids or criminals or worse. A word can hurt as much as a slap in the face and last a lot longer. Being a good parent, showing love, respect, trust and understanding; offering help encouragement and your time can mean as much to society as a whole as it does the individual child. Because the way the child goes is the way the future goes. Just my thoughts. Loved your piece. Keep writing my friend.

[Lil Guppy]

Oh my God! That was so... great! It made me want
to cry. :'( You have some deep stuff going on in this.

[Hajar]

Extremely interesting poem , with a lot of emotions , I felt the story , deeply and this is to me the purpose of poetry so keep on writing talented one you have stories to tell and you tell them well.

[❤ Maggie ❤..]

This was so sad!!! Almost made me cry!! )):The wording as absolutely perfect, though!! Very god peice.

[Kitty Davies]

Wow, this is a gruesome piece. The words are great, but it looks like you attempted a rhyme pattern but it fades away. Also, on line seven, it's spelled "quite" instead of "quiet". I would edit this piece, but it is a very good start.

[Angelica]

Oh my gosh this is amazing gave me tears! It captures so much in it and even though it is so harsh and hard to read it keeps your attention and flows so well!

[JulieMorgan]

Reading this breaks my heart but you've crafted your words so well. You've managed to capture raw emotion with such a taboo topic. Well done!

[Krista Weiss]

Oh my gosh!! This is so unbelievably sad!! :(

[chaotic katie]

Such a sad piece, it really captured the emotion and the story you were trying to tell. Nice job!

[Danny Thomas]

I also agree, this material is well crafted. Great job