Poem - Child Lost
Child ignored, never good enough
Beaten with words and fists,
bloodied and still yearning
for approval.
Quiet and shy, always fearing to breathe.
Insulted, taunted, degraded -
You are too ugly, too fat
...so stupid and useless.
Mother stands by -
You are making him angry
...Do you want to be punished?
I never wanted it, never asked for it,
never deserved it - not ever.
Midnight raids of my bedroom, watching
my pets murdered, praying that you
would stop - would die.
I was a child, unwanted by father,
by step-fathers, by everyone.
Now an adult, broken, lost and confused
by my own feelings.
Still the ugly little girl, unsure
and insignificant.
A mother begging for the strength
to be a better parent -
a better parent than you were to me.
Originally written in February 2006.
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Beaten with words and fists,
bloodied and still yearning
for approval.
Quiet and shy, always fearing to breathe.
Insulted, taunted, degraded -
You are too ugly, too fat
...so stupid and useless.
Mother stands by -
You are making him angry
...Do you want to be punished?
I never wanted it, never asked for it,
never deserved it - not ever.
Midnight raids of my bedroom, watching
my pets murdered, praying that you
would stop - would die.
I was a child, unwanted by father,
by step-fathers, by everyone.
Now an adult, broken, lost and confused
by my own feelings.
Still the ugly little girl, unsure
and insignificant.
A mother begging for the strength
to be a better parent -
a better parent than you were to me.
Originally written in February 2006.
Technorati Tags:
poem, poetry, poet, child abuse, depression, bad parenting
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