Walking On Broken Glass

Just popped into my head. About forced marriage.

Daddy lost the bet,

The bet between another dad

Desperately trying to find a wife for his son

Daddy lost the bet,

He won some money

But he lost me

Because now I'm marrying a man

I just met,

And don't even know

Apparently I'm marrying into royalty

But daddy is very royal himself

I'm walking on broken glass

Trying to convince myself that

Daddy did the best for his little girl

But this guy,

This guy is the devil

He shows no love

He only shows his lustful eye

Today's the day

The day I give everything away,

The day everything is taken away from me

All because of a stupid bet

Why am I the grand prize

I should have a say in this,

But I guess I don't

I walk on broken glass,

Pour chemicals on myself

To look less attractive,

Maybe that will turn him off

No,

He looks at me and says

"From now on you will forever be my biggest b***h"

Thanks a lot daddy.. 

Author's Note

I honestly don't know where this came from.

Reviews

[Miss Marie Riorden.]

It's quite good. I'm a total Nazi on spelling so I will point out "Poor chemicals on myself" It's pour (:
Not trying to sound mean really. But it is a good write and on a very good subject. Giving away your child. it's almost like slavery, but not quite. You did a good job in catching the emotions that the girl feels. It's almost like you are the girl. It shows her opinion clearly.

[sarah]

Wow intense but I like it! great write

[prodicallife]

Ta'shandra
This is for the first time i`ve got to read something that actually brought a sour taste to my heart, my fingers still shivering to type the review but i guess my shivering fingers can`t afford to lie down with silence and hence sharing my thankfull thoughts with you.

The wildest thing in the World is to bet on little kids, how can parents even afford to do that at times, it happens as you mentioned in your poetry for the sake of maintaining their royal standard they ought to lend their daughters into a devil`s hand they, never care just for a pile of money they are sacrificing their daughter`s life.

This is so bad, so cruel.

Beautifull writting with wonderfull message

Regards
PRODICAL

[thoughts of jade]

this story is so sad, but the way you told it was simply amazing!

[compositionc]

Beautifully written. You almost are the girl, and it expresses everything so perfectly. The phrase 'walking on broken glass' is used amazingly in the poem. I loved it.

[Alysa]

Simply AMAZING!

[RedInk524]

Sad, and realistic. I hate the idea of forced marriage.

[....]

Whoa! This is amazing and powerful. LOVED THIS!!! xo

[joshua deathdealer]

The story here is so sad and yet true in some cases. Excellent portrayal of this issue...xx

[biggerthenu]

what you better watch your mouth young lady lol im calling your mom
yet in still nice right little lady

[brenda]

well have seen this kind of situations in movies but still nice poem !:)