The Darkness

The Darkness

Looking out the window,
I watch the kids play,
they spend their time laughing,
while all I do is pray.

Pray that mommy comes home fast,
before he gets here.
As I press my head against the glass,
my hands are wet with tears.

He is the darkness,
that comes in the night,
to play strange games with me,
as I lay in fright.

His breath smells like alcohol,
his muscles are steel,
I'm hopeless to him,
if you only knew how I feel.

I'm only eight,
why am I being punished.
As I pray to God,
to please take me from it.

If I tell mommy,
will the darkness know?
I want to tell her,
but my fear just grows.

He pulls me, he hits me,
he grabs me, he rips me.
I tear, I pray,
I fear, I stay.

Here he comes,
my body starts shaking,
The darkness will take me,
my heart is breaking.

I pray my dad,
will take me away,
If I could see him,
the things I would say.

Where are you daddy,
why did you leave?
My step-dad rapes me,
I feel so deceived.