The Kiss I Put Away For Daddy

About a girl that was abused each night when she was only 7… keep reading and please comment
One kiss for daddy

In my room I play
A Barbie and a car I drive.
Foot steps I hear and opens my door is my dad
He yells at me and picks me up I ask what wrong and are we going some were
He hit me
Shut up
I cry and he says that I've been bad but I don't understand.
One more punch to the face and I hit the floor.
Daddy is mad at me and I don't know why
Mommy if you hear me listen to my cries.
Yet did daddy know that I put a kiss away for him that night
Next day comes and the pain subsides.
I get ready for school down the stairs I go.
At the table mommy had her head down and didn't look at me not once.
I said good morning and she waves.
And daddy says to hush up and eat.
I rush to eat and he tells me to slow down.
And pushes me out my chair
I cry and yell ouch and he hits me and sends me off to my room.
Yet did daddy know that I put a kiss away for him that night
That night I stayed hiding in my room for I knew that he was coming back for me
This time he knocks and I answer with one smack
I'm down one more round when I yell for mommy one more time
She can't hear me
Momma help
Momma help me
He picks me up and throws me on the table and I hear him yelling at me for no reason.
One black eye after another I sit there and take it
Why because I can't move
He calls the police and says someone has killed momma and left me there to die.
They come and he cries and visits me that night
The night when daddy won't hit me for the first time
A woman walks in and she ask to keep me for observations and he said no she fine
He brings me home and puts me in bed.
Yet did daddy know that I put a kiss away for him that night
And that next night it starts over
I'm down.
STILL DADDY DON'T KNOW I PUT A KISS AWAY FOR HIM THAT NIGHT

By kiesha lockhart
Published: 4/9/2008

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