Dear Mummy

I do not want the toys and games
that other children have.
I'm happy with my teddy
with his soft and floppy ears.

I do not want the latest fashion
to be clothed upon my back.
I cannot tell the difference
between one stripe, two or three.

I do not want a princess castle
to be painted in my room.
I just want a room that's safe
for me to fall asleep.

I do not want that pretty dress
that makes me like a fairy.
I'm happy with my torn old jeans
which delays the monsters access.

I do not want to visit him
for a summer holiday.
I'd rather stay at home alone
and save my innocence.

All these things you try to give me
to improve my childhood.
To make me feel like other kids
who have what I do not.

But I have something they don't have,
a secret I keep inside.
A monster that hurts me and makes me bleed
and makes me want to die.

Mummy, I'm not like the other kids
I don't want the things they do.
I just want this monster gone
before all my blood runs out.

I just want you to hold me close
and never let me go.
To tuck me into bed at night
and keep me safe from harm.

I want to stay beside you mum
your love is all I want.
You give me everything but this
and it's all I'll ever want.

Without your love I will grow up
feeling cold and lost inside.

A motherless child stolen by a monster.

That child no one would love.

Saffie
21

7/8/12