Beat To Death Part II

***Be sure 2 check out the first version "Beat To Death" this is the 2nd part pretty much putting into view what 1 daughter's life was like after her mom died! Plz rate & comment! Thx a lot!***

Another restless night, I toss and turn
Cold sweat drips down my face
I wake up shivering, the tears won't stop
All because of a memory I can't erase

You see I was a little girl back then
I just started school, I must've been six
I remember my mommy laying on the floor
As my daddy hits, punches, and kicks

I didn't understand it then
This man wasn't acting like my dad
I held my baby sister tight
I remember screaming that he'd gone mad

My mommy lay there bleeding
As he quietly sat down
I remember cops arriving
Soon there were cops all around

They took my daddy away
I was taken to the police station
To be questioned about what happened
My sister was taken to some unknown location

I just wanted to know if my mommy was okay
But no one would answer me
Finally a nice lady sat me down
And said she was gone, her soul had been set free

It took me a while to understand this
When I finally did I was so mad
How could God take away my mommy?
And what would happen to my dad?

Soon my sister and I were split apart
I didn't understand what a foster home was back then
But I was in and out of them for years
I was 16 before I saw my sister again

She was so young when mommy died
That she couldn't remember the details
But yet she still looked so sad
And she was so skinny and pale

She told me how her new mommy drank a lot
And her new daddy touched her at night
I promised I would do what I could to save her
I knew it would be hard but I was willing to fight

By a miracle her "parents" were caught
And she was moved away to a beautiful place
Meanwhile I turned 18 and went away to college
Hoping for a new life to embrace

It's been many years now
Today is my wedding day
As I fix my veil and stare in the mirror
I feel my mom's presence in every way

I know she never truly left because every
Important day of my life, I feel her there
I see her loving eyes and feel a soft caress
And I know she really did care!