A Pepple in your Shoe

How can I love you he screamed?
You are like a pebble in my shoe!!

Little eyes so full of tears and fear
look up pleadingly
Only to feel yet another lash across
her tiny face...
Another bruise to hide from questioning eyes.
The all too familiar taste rushes back into her mouth.
She prays that noone asks how she feels today.
His words ring in her little ears...
"How can anyone love a pebble in their shoe?"
Thinking now, as she sits at the foot of the stairs...
True....how could anyone possibly love a pebble in their shoe?
Yes, a pebble, even a little one,
.....How could you love a pebble in your shoe?

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