Abuse Chronicles

Welcome dad welcome dad
The greeting is responded with a thunderous slap!
The first of so many
No day goes by without receiving any

You good for nothing imp of a child
Why do you always have to be so wild?
I'm pretty sure you must be an unfortunate b*****d
Those words left her broken and shattered

It was the same and worse every other day
She sometimes wished she could run away
For she dreaded being locked up for days in the toilet
And beaten till all she could do was stay quiet

In her stomach the hunger pangs
Bit harder than a wolf's fang
And quietly at home and school she will sit and brood
For his words resonated in her head "you are worthless and can't be anything good"

"No one will ever love or care about you
No matter what you do
It will be better if you were even dead
All the words he to her said

So she learnt to be on her own
Her house was nothing like a home
She stayed away from people
For she was made to believe she was something evil

Inside her she searched for the signs of evil
For she had never liked the character of the devil
Like she had been taught,she always tried to say her prayers
And loved the beautiful hymns sang in church by the choir

She had nowhere to run to seek answers to the questions that bugged her
Her existence was already consider by her folks a bother
She felt a good future she could never make
At this time she was only just eight

She learned to embrace the pain of silence
As a pathway to temporary freedom from the violence
But that did not help as much
Cos she couldn't talk when by him she was inappropriately touched.

Life took a downward spiral crushing her spirit
Everyday it happened she felt even more dirty
She had to bear the burden of keeping the terrible secret
To lend a listening ear to her no one was ready

So she put up a big font on the outside
While she was secretly dying inside
She found solace in penning down words
Through that her life may just find some worth

She may someday be able to tell the full story
With all the details so gory
And it may be a source of courage and help
For others like her afraid to cry for help