My
name is Lilly >
> > > I am three, > > > > > My eyes are
swollen > > > > I cannot see, > > > > I
must be stupid > > > > I must be bad, > > >
> What else could have made > > > > My daddy so mad?
> > > > I wish I were better > > > > > I
wish I weren't ugly, > > > > Then maybe my mommy
> > > > Would still want to hug me. > > > >
I cant do a wrong > > > > I cant speak at all > >
> > > Or else im locked up > > > > > All
day long. > > > > When im awake im all alone > >
> > The house is dark > > > > My folks aren't
home > > > > When my mommy does come home > >
> > I'll try and be nice, > > > > > So
maybe ill just get > > > > One whipping tonight. >
> > > I just heard a car > > > > My daddy is
back > > > > From Charlies bar > > > > I
hear him curse > > > > My name is called > > >
> > I press myself > > > > Against the wall >
> > > I try to hide > > > > From his evil eyes
> > > > Im so afraid now > > > > I'm
starting to cry > > > > He finds me weeping > >
> > > Calls me ugly words, > > > > He says its
my fault > > > > He suffers at work > > > >
He slaps and hits me > > > > And yells at me more, >
> > > I finally get free > > > > > And run
to the door > > > > Hes already locked it > >
> > And I start to bawl, > > > > He takes me and
throws me > > > > Against the hard wall > > >
> I fall to the floor > > > > > With my bones
nearly broken, > > > > And my daddy continues > >
> > With more bad words spoken, > > > >
'Im sorry!', I scream > > > > Its now much to
late > > > > His face has been twisted > > >
> > Into a unimaginable shape > > > > The hurt
and the pain > > > > Again and again > > >
> O please God, have mercy! > > > > O please let it
end! > > > > And he finally stops > > > >
> And heads for the door > > > > While I lay there
motionless > > > > Sprawled on the floor > > >
> My name is Lilly
> > > I am three, > > > > Tonight my daddy
> > > > Murdered me > > > > > And you
can help > > > > Sickens me to the soul, > > >
> And if you read this > > > > and don't pass it
on > > > > I pray for your forgivness > > >
> > > Because you would have to be > > > >
> One heartless person > > > > To not be affected
> > > > By this Poem > > > > And because U
R affected, > > > > Dont just sit there do something
about it > > > > All I ask of you > > > >
> Is to pass this on! > > > > IF YOU ARE AGAINST
CHILD ABUSE!