Dead Beat Boy

POV of a little boy

Mommy, what did I do to make

You angry, to make you hit me so hard?

I heard you and Daddy arguing about money,

Yet I didn't understand why.

I'm only four years old,

And you picked me as the target.

You made the two oldest children

 Hold me down, making the

Oldest cousin watch me die,

Not knowing what my face

Looked like anymore.

Author's Note

On the news, there was this four year old boy that got beaten up by his aunt (I thought it was his mom at first, so that's why it saids Mommy instead of Aunt [or Auntie] ) for I think having an accident or something about some child care money (I think it's both, but I'm not exactly sure.) So I thought this up while I was in the car on the way home from my grandparent's house...my parents where talking about it (my mom told me days ago). The little boy liked this song that had the lyrics,"Na,Na,Na, Goodbye" in them,btw...

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Update: I'm a little weary on the title,but what do you think?

Reviews

[The DuchessPoet]

Oh my,
This is awesome!
That's what I think...
But I enjoy your work anyway so it wasn't surprising and you are so humble...
I love what you give!

Thank you for entering my contest!

[Travis Lawrence]

Really powerful, this is a though pill to swallow. I would change the title, though, because it is far too light to carry the weight of the poem. It wasn't what I expected at all!

wow, you can tell from the authors note that you thought it out to add the title n relevance to the poem- and howwwwww sad!:( it's so sharp and brutally to the point that it gives you that sort of shiver that makes you wonder how people can be so sick and sadistic, and yet at the same time the kids never seem to get hugely angry! They are usually confused and like you say int his poem ask "why" and that's the worst part. Well done x

[Enigma]

This is so sad.It really disturbs me that parents or anyone else takes out their grudge and anger on poor, innocent kids.I saw this video where a small girl was hit by her step father so hard that the blow killed her.I doubt if she was older than 5 or 6 years.I can't recall her name but her story was as sad as this one.

[~crazy Beautiful~]

This piece is so sad , parents and relatives are supposed to protect their loved ones especially the youth who are in fact innocent.
It's difficult to think that this kind of violence even exists but it does.
We live in a sick world where parents kill their babies
this piece is touching, i suggest some expansion on the subject.
It would make it much more powerful
thank you for entering my contest

[Brian K. Walters]

What a sad world it is when innocent children become victims in such brutal and senseless crimes.