My  name is Sarah  

I  am but 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 can't speak at  all,

I can't do a wrong

or else I'm locked  up

all the day long.

When I awake I'm  all alone  

the  house is dark  

my  folks aren't home. 

When my Mommy does  come

I'll try and be  nice,  

so  maybe I'll get just  

one  whipping tonight. 

Don't make a sound!

I  just heard a car

my daddy is back

from  Charlie's Bar

I hear him curse

my name  he calls

I press myself

against the  wall.

 

I  try and hide

from his evil eyes

I'm so  afraid now

I'm starting to cry.

He finds  me weeping

he shouts ugly words,

he says its  my fault  

that  he suffers at work.  

He  slaps me and hits me

and yells at me more,

I  finally get free

and I run for the  door.He's  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.

'I'm sorry!' I  scream  

but  its now much too late  

his  face has been twisted 

into unimaginable  hate.

The hurt and the  pain  

again  and again 

oh  please God, have mercy! 

oh please let it  end!

And  he finally stops

and heads for the  door,

while I lay there motionless

sprawled  on the floor.

 

There are thousands of kids out there just like Sarah.  And you can help

It sickens me to my soul,  and if you just read this and don't pass it on I  pray for your forgiveness, because you would have  to be one heartless person to not be affected by  this email. And because you are affected, do something about it!! So all I am asking you to do is take some time to send this on and acknowledge that this stuff does happen, and that people like her dad do live in our society, and pray for child abuse to wither out and die, but also pray for the safety of our youth..