I know it’s not play
It hurts
Every punch
I hear all my bones crunch
Every beating
All the horrible abusive you do
She gets hurt to
I look back every day to see how it used to be
One big happy family Daddy, Emily, me, mom
We did everything together!
I always thought we would be forever
What happened to us?
Things just changed overnight, when mom died
We had a funeral on that hillside
I needed you but you turned away
We just fell apart
I had such a broken heart
You hit the bottle, and the drugs
Never gave me any hugs
You blamed me
Then, the true pain began
You were a big man
The lighters to my skin
Burning the little flesh I had
So sick sorry and sad
The bottles to my head
Gashes so deep
Balled up in a little heap
Blood trickles down
Forming a puddle around me as I scream no more
So much gore!
What happened to us?
I just wish, I was younger
Crying in hunger
You would never share
Did you really care?
The scars and bruises were pretty ugly
As I sit here hiding from you theses walls scream get out of here and tell someone
Tell everyone
No clean clothes
Is this the way a child’s life should be?
Never sat under a tree
I see the other children outside playing in the leaves in the fall
See them playing in the snow in winter
Swimming in the pools in summer
It is such a bummer
What happened to us?
Never allowed out
No matter how much I pout
Soon, school starts and there I go like nothing is wrong
I act like I am so strong
I always have to wear long-sleeves or a jacket
You are so scared, that someone will see what I hide under these sleeves
The bruises hurt
I wear a shirt, and plain skirt
Teachers look
They see I wear the same thing everyday
I look so sad, and sore
Ring ring the phone goes as I walk through the door
Kerri C. (2011)
Work Cited:
We cannot always "shine". David Califa. Web. 9 Sep 2011.
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