My Recollection of My Thirteenth Birthday

I cannot comprehend

Why you hate us so much.

I used to beg you to stop

Now I don't react to your touch.

My body still here,

It doesn't hurt anymore.

My heart filled with fear,

My face dead and cold.

These bruises on me.

Kitchen knife to my throat.

You standing above,

As I lay limp on the floor.

You say I'm a liar

That I make you not love me.

It's my birthday

You took everything from me.

When will this stop?

Will I ever be good enough?

Need to get out of here fast.

I can't wait 'til I grow up.