I'm a child, only five
I should be happy at play
but I'm afraid of my dad
He yells every day.
Screaming and yelling
is all that I hear.
Should a child so innocent
live in such fear?
I'm a child, only seven
so shy and withdrawn.
Friends dont come easy
I dont belong.
Bruised from the beatings
My clothes dirty and torn.
but Dads words hurt the most
I should never have been born.
I'm a child age twelve
still trying to cope.
No presents for Christmas
Oh where is the hope?
I'm almost thirteen
when I run away.
Will Dad miss me?
What will he say?
Not a word is spoken
for over eight years.
He knows nothing about me
My joys or my fears.
Now I'm twentyone
when Dad passes away.
I cry, not that I'll miss him
but because he left things this way.
Many years have passed
and the bruises all healed.
But the scar on my heart
I'll aways feel.
The child within me
still struggles to live.
But old hurts still haunt me
I have to forgive.
So Daddy I forgive you
For all that you've done.
The child within me can know love
now that the healings begun.
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written 11-24-99
By NOJO
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