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Daddy's Little Girl

May 21, 2011
By Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
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Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."


Eliza sits in the back of the class,
Tear stained eyes,
And hand prints on her throat.
She is covering her bruises with bruises,
Doesn’t even know why she’s the ridicule of abuse,
Doesn’t know her skin color, because it was lost in black and blue,
From her father, But I guess since her father is always drunk,
And her mother’s too high in the kitchen, to ever come down, and talk to her, that she becomes her father’s punching bag.
And she just wishes it would stop, and she could go back to holding his hand, because she desperately misses being
Daddy’s little girl.
But the abuse just comes and comes,
And she can’t make it stop because he is a grown man and she’s still his little girl
But she is growing into a woman, and he knows this,
And he won’t allow her because she will tower,
And he won’t have control over that girl he once called his princess,
Who he promised jewels and a throne, he never said those jewels would be black eyes and the throne was her bed which he laid with her at night, while her mother was dealing dope, In the kitchen, thinking it was nothing wrong as she ignored her daughter scream out at his command, I am
Daddy’s little girl
He felt her, touched her, he molested his own daughter and listened to her screams echo off the walls and enter his ears and give him a turn on, and times like this when she had enough and brain possibly can’t function with what happened, she thinks back to when she ran to her father and not away, when she was
Daddy’s little girl
Today Eliza sits in the back of the class,
Hood over head, red eyes, bruises no longer bruises but scars.
She was called names, by that of her father, she couldn't control, and never tried to bother. She took the names and the hate with it too, all out of love of being,
Daddy’s little girl.
She told me, how she was full of rage, the home was not a place, and it always seemed dazed...she said to me that death was near, she didn't say for who, but you could tell by the tears.
Eliza died bringing life into the world.
The father picked up his child and granddaughter, and said to her,
You know what?
You’re Daddy’s little girl.


The author's comments:
I wrote this for a talent show. All of this is fiction, nothing real.

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on Jun. 25 2011 at 9:54 pm
Alcanno DIAMOND, Mexia, Texas
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Favorite Quote:
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is
made up of."

-- Bruce Lee

Wow. This is so powerful. I don't even have words.... Amazing writing skill, and you captured such strong emotions considering it is all fiction. I wrote a poem called "Crying for the Future" (also fiction) about an abusive relationship if you wanna read it. Anyway, amazing job. Please keep writing, you have so much talent. :)

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jun. 25 2011 at 9:06 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you so much, it really means a lot to me for you to reply. :)

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jun. 25 2011 at 9:05 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you.

alex198 said...
on Jun. 25 2011 at 7:52 pm
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That was amazing and horrifying (and I mean horrifying in a good way). It was so sad and disturbing and your writing is really good to be able to get this. I could barely read it I felt so sorry for Eliza. Well done, this is a really moving poem. :)

on Jun. 25 2011 at 7:26 pm
WishfulDoer GOLD, Portland, Oregon
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Favorite Quote:
If ignorance is bliss, why is our country so complicated?

I'm sorry. I tried to get through the whole poem, but tears pricked my eyes halfway through. I guess that just goes to show how amazingly written it is. (: Great job!

on Jun. 25 2011 at 10:57 am
freeflow23 GOLD, Durham, North Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
Saul saw Goliath as too big to kill. David saw he was too big to miss.
W.W.J.D.

Woooh! This is so deap. I love it. It really should be published. You should check out my story "But I Know; It's My Secret".

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jun. 25 2011 at 9:45 am
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you so much.!

on Jun. 24 2011 at 11:45 pm
HaleyDRog. GOLD, Easley, South Carolina
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Favorite Quote:
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life. It goes on. -Robert Frost

Wow, this deserves to be published. I really hope you won that talent show! This is truly inspiring!