Hurting The One you So called Love.

Inspired from the poem "the plate A Poem by Juliespenhere" Came to my mind. From some events, I saw as a child.

She is only five in her mind's eye again

and can remember it really clearly.

Like that very day it happened.

The day she saw her father grabs her mother

by the neck in front of her.

And squeeze tightly around her neck.

And fear and piss leaked down her legs.

Screaming for all her worth.

To let her mummy go.

You're hurting her.

Daddy let go, please. Daddy.

And her mother's skin

changing colour before

her eyes.

He did let's go.

As he saw his daughters face

as she walked in the room.

And smiles at her

and then suddenly walks off.

He went missing all day.

That day.

Straight out the front door.

Mother was trying to catch her breath

and me comforting her asking her if

she was okay?

And getting her a glass of water.

She was so busy when

she regained her composure to comfort me.

Saying baby it's okay. I am okay.

And smiling at me.

To reassure me everything was okay

As was she.

No kid or human being should be treated

like this let alone see this.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

almost like Gwendolyn Brooks who could write from the perspective of any age...
this has that tone, sound of someone five years old writing it.
so the daughter is able to go back to that exact day...and write the piece as if she were writing that the day it happened.
i like this one...it involved me.

[Onlyme]

Thanks Jacob.

[gram linski]

powerful and heart breaking, have similar memories from my childhood, my mother stuck by her man for the sake of the kids, that meant we got to watch everyday,

[Onlyme]

I can so relate to that big time Gram, and so sorry to hear that. hugs. Dawn.

[Julie McCarthy (juliesp..]

Very moving poem dawn so much violence eh well done

[Onlyme]

Thanks Julie, thanks for the inspiration. To write. hugs. Dawn.