Kelsey

This is my story.

Brought into this world
With no chance to be loved
She cries in her crib
And the neighbors just turn out the light
As a toddler she'd wander through the house
Alone
Hoping mommy wouldn't come home soon
Because mommy hits
And mommy screams
When she sees her baby brother she sees her future
At 7 years old she's microwaving pancakes for him in the morning
Because mom won't get out of bed
And if she did get up it would be a bad morning
No time to play because he's her responsibility
Until she gets home from school
And mom hits her with a wooden hanger because his bed isn't made
And hits her
And hits her
Until she can't feel anymore
At 11 she tried to tell
The teacher asked what scares the students most
She wrote
"My dad drinks an 18 pack every night."
Nobody listened
And from then on she grew silent
Even more so than she already was
At 14 mom had another baby
A little girl
The girl dressed her and fed her and raised her
Wanting to be the gaurdian for the baby that she never had
And she was
She rose above what she was given
And she became a mom
Everything they said she would become
An abuser
A psychopath
A murderer
She defied
And I know I can defy the odds even more
Because the past doesn't define me
My daughter's future does