Daddy Why Were You So Mean To Her

A poem about my daddy abusing my mom when i was little

Daddy Why Were You So Mean To Her      Daddy why were you so mean to Mommy? What did she do wrong to make you so angry ? She did the dishes the laundry and the cleaning. Why did she deserve such a beating? Did she not get the soap off the dishes, Or put to much starch in your favorite britches? Daddy please tell me why you were so mean to her. Was this going to be her life's destiny? What were you thinking when you dragged her down the street by the hair on her head, for all the neighbors to see? When you knocked her on the floor, why didn't you just let her be ? Instead you had to kick her in the sides. Daddy please explain to me. Why oh why were you so mean to my mommy ? She did not deserve to be beaten up just because you were drunk, nor did she need your hurtful words and being accused of cheating. Were you her only destiny, for at one time she loved you so? In time you killed her love for you, through the beatings and accusations of her cheating. Was she not a good wife or a good mother to your children, or was she just not the one for you in your life's destiny? I remember so many times seeing you beat my mommy. Still I find it in my heart to hate you but love you all at the same time. Daddy why were you so mean to her, why did she deserve your cruel hands hitting her and your cold cruel words? Tell me, Daddy was she your destiny, or was this her destiny; a life of torture for loving you so and being true to you till the end? By MELISSIA ANN SENTER