Little Girl

A poem I wrote a few months ago.  It's a sad poem but I hope it touches the hearts of some.

Little Girl

Little girl crying beneath the covers

Pretending she's somewhere else.

She tries to drown it out

And even though it never works

Rocking back and forth 

Seems to help the hurt

Still she hears the voices yelling

Crushing each other with words

She cries harder

Little girl sitting in the hallway

Shaking in her puppy nightgown

The linoleum is so cold beneath her

Sitting on that cold ground.

She tries to stay quiet

And swallows her cries

The yelling gets louder

Little girl stumbles to her feet

Fast as she can

As she sees him raise his hand

Little girl is yelling now

"Daddy why?"

Mommy's on the ground

Tears blur her eyes

As her knees hit the ground

She looks up to see your hand

Coming back around

Your slap stings her face

As mommy's pushing you to stop

You show no emotion

Little girl is crying now

As she looks into your eyes

She knows you see what you have done

Her mommy holds her close

Rocking back and forth

But even as her mommy holds her

Her face and heart still hurt

Tears overwhelmed Little girls life

Her memories still haunt her

She still cries and shakes

And gets tummy aches

Just thinking about you