Why?

His hands were shaking,

His heart was beating hard,

This was not the only beating from which he was emotionally scarred

Every night he tossed and turned

Waiting for the light

He would always hear the footsteps first

Then the belt comes in to sight

For every night was the same

He always apologized for unknown shame

His father would then flip on the light

The little boy knew this was his night

The beatings came and never swayed

He wished to never breathe again

Beat after beat his prayers were always ignored

He then begged his father for no more

His father laughed and spat at his face

Beat him again and called him a disgrace

but on this night everything changed

The little boy never screamed again

His father looked down at all the blood

It came out as if it were a flood

He shook his son with no more to gain

Not a peep came out of that little boy again

Reviews

[Sofia N]

OMG, This was AMAZING!!! Honestly, this was very strong. At the beginning it was very interested and I have to say I was shocked when i Got to the end.
I Love the whole story, I got goosebumps reading this. I know that a lot of Kids go through this unfortunately and evne though this poem breaks my heart, it is the reality of a lot of families.

thank you for writing awesomely amazing!

amazing job, keep it up ;)

[RavenShadow]

Thank you :) This is the very harsh reality of it all. Its much more shocking when you can imagine the abuse from the victims mind and eyes. I hope more people can open their eyes to abuse going on around them and report it! People dont want to speak out because they dont want to admit whats going on. Thank you for your lovely review :)

[Darian B.]

Holy crap, this poem gives me shivers. Abuse in any sense of the word is one of the worst things people do in this life and you captured that so well. I would say I hope this story isn't true but the truth is this story is all too frequent. Well done though, you really show how horrible abuse is

[RavenShadow]

Its something you dont hear about much in the media, its very much covered up. A lot of children die from abuse every day I am glad to have captured it in an accurate way. Thank you for your review :)

[H.L. Cerveise]

As I read this my heart sunk and my stomach felt twisted in knots. I have seen abuse from very early on in my life so I have never been blind to this kind of treatment. I just hope the deepest, darkest pit in hell is where abusers will find themselves.

Well done on such a sad subject.

[RavenShadow]

Thank you, I am so sorry you had to endure that especially in your early life. I wish you the best for the future and thank you for your lovely review

[William Liston]

This is a very sad story. I got chills at the ending. Great job on this.

-William Liston

[RavenShadow]

Thank you very much! Normally rhyming poems dont work very well to convey emotion or a story but I felt this was fitting to a nursery rhyme type of poetry as a kind of ode to the child :)

[William Liston]

I can somewhat see what you mean about how "rhyming poems don't work very well to convey emotion." Usually, when I read a beginner poet's work, the rhyme seems forced and unnatural. When done right, however, rhyming poems can be amazing.