SAFE PLACE

by DeViN sCoTt   Feb 19, 2008


I come home I see my dad passed out on the floor beer spilled all around him. Yes hes asleep for now. Wonder how long it will be this time before he wakes up and the terror begins. Last time it was two hours. Maybe it will be three.
Mommas gone. I dont exactly know where she goes. But she doesnt come back the way she left.
Sisters out working. Shes only fourteen. She works for a man named Gavin, he works the streets. Its all great when she comes home she brings food for me and my brother.
My brothers in the bedroom knocked out from one of my daddies fits. Wonder what he did. He usually just cries too much cuz hes hungry.

Two hours pass and daddy wakes up. Here we go the beginning. It was shorter than the last time.. Maybe hell only do it once. I dont like what he does. It hurts and it makes me sad. He is still drunk. Theres nothing I can do. I try to close my eyes and pretend to be somewhere else with someone who loves me. I drift to a place where no one can harm me. A safe place . momma isnt coming back brother said. She said she had enough. And she is gone.

DADDY did it again. The same thing he has been doing for a couple of years. The same thing over and over smacking me and telling me I deserve it and to not make him made. I didnt do anything I promise I just asked what we were gonna eat. he touches me the way a daddy isnt supposed to touch his daughter. i think it is called r*pe.

Sister comes bursting in screaming at the top of her lungs. Why dont you get your dead beat A***S**S up and do something and leave her alone. You crazy fu***cke**r! Daddy screams and hits sister she falls to the floor tears coming down. This is the last time sister says. She waits till he is fallen asleep and we move. She grabs my brother and me and we leave. No more daddy.

This is the last time. Now we live in this nice place filled with toys and food that we can eat whenever we want. Sister quit working the streets and Gavin went to a place called JAIL. Everything is fine now. I havent seen momma. Daddy tried to come to visit but the police took him away. I live peacefully in my safe place.

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