Child Abuse

Her dad was drunk

Her mom was an addict

Her parents kept her

Locked in an attic

Her only friend

was a little toy bear

It was old and worn out

And had patches of hair

She always talked to it

When no one's around

She lays there and hugs it

Not a peep of sound

Until her parents

unlock the door

Some more and more pain

She'll have to endore

A bruise on her leg

A scar on her face

Why would she be

In such a horrible place?

But she grabs her bear

And softly crys

She loves her parents

But they want her to die

She sits in the corner

Quiet but thinking,

"Please God, why is

My life always sinking?"

Such a bad life

For a sad little kid

She'd get beaten and beaten

For anything she did

Then one night

Her mom came home high

And the poor child was beaten

As hours went by

Then her mom suddenly

Grabbed for a blade

It was sharp and pointy

One that she made

She thrusted the blade

Right in her chest,

"You deserve to die

You worthless piece of s**t!"

The mom walked out

Leaving the girl slowly dying

She grabbed her bear

And again started crying

Police showed up

At the small little house

Then quickly barged in

Everything quiet as a mouse

One officer slowly

Opened a door

To find the little girl

Lying dead on the floor

It must have been bad

To go through so much harm

But at least she died

With her best friend in her arms
 

A child dies every day from child abuse

 

Who will be next?

Reviews

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um nice

[sarahkatherine]

This is truly wonderful, very well written.
But; there's one part that doesn't quite rhyme, and throws off the rhythm.
She thrusted the blade, right in her chest. "You deserve to die, you worthless piece of s**t."
Chest and s**t, isn't quite flowing well.
Other than that, it's perfect. Good job.

[emmajoy]

Deep intake of breath to stop me from crying.
What a tragedy, what a poem.
One of your other readers suggested the final line might go, 'think I felt that. Your last words brought me back to reality instead of FIERCE reality and, maybe you were/are meaning the latter?

Congratulations on creating such work. Thank you for sharing your feelings and opinion.

[Jane Doe]

A tragic poem, it is sad that this happens to millions of children every day. I agree with Eric, I think you should cut the last line, the poem speaks very well on its own without it. But the rest of it is very, very good.

[Eric Blair]

Well-written, but the last line can be thrown out. It takes away the emotional effect and makes it seem more like a public service announcement more than anything else. Other than that, it was fine.

[Legion]

:( Well written. Such tragedy. Made me want to cry for her.