brave child

[stephofthenight]

I knew this brave, brave girl
she held her head up o' so high
she didnt fear it,
she knew she was about to die
what a brave, brave girl

her daddy started yelling
her momma hit the floor
she didnt take off running
she wouldnt head to the door
she just stood there,
accepting what was to come
what a brave, brave girl

the county sent some poeple out
and every single time
she would hold her head up high
she always insisted she was fine
her daddy loves her,
her mommy loves him
that everything was as it should be,
no, he didnt hit her,
she fell down the stairs
no, her momma got that black eye in a bar.
what a brave, brave girl

that night as she goes to bed
she talks to god and this is what she said....
I know that mommy loves me
I know that daddy really cares
but lord they both hurt me
please take away my fears
im just a small child,
im not that brave of a girl
please watch over my daddy
and take care of my mommy
I want to join you up there
I wanna be out of his reach,
his fist and words cut so deep
lord, please take me home with you
Daddy says im bad, but i promise ill be better
Mommy says its not my fault, but i promise i wont fallter
lord, i can cook and clean, i mind real well.
please just take me away from here.

I knew this brave, brave girl
she went to church that sunday,
she asks god to forgive her lies,
she was only trying to protect him
even if he made her momma cry"
what a brave, brave girl

very next morning, shes found dead
under all the bruises and shame
was a small innocent child
her daddy went to jail
her momma went insane
and that brave little girl got to go home.
she was a brave, brave girl.

[ampoule]

Troubling but very nice. You got your point across well. I hope, of course, this is not a personal story.

[amanda_isabel]

Troubling but very nice. You got your point across well. I hope, of course, this is not a personal story.


true--both the personal experience part and the nice part.

i liked the childlikeness of it.

[dibyendra]

So heartfelt poem which can touch anyone's heart instantly. Last stanza really is a shocking one and touchy.


very next morning, shes found dead
under all the bruises and shame
was a small innocent child
her daddy went to jail
her momma went insane
and that brave little girl got to go home.
she was a brave, brave girl.

Nicely presented Stephofthenight ! :thumbs_up

[stephofthenight]

wow, thank you. im glad that you liked this poem.

[barbara0207]

Very troubling, and yet so true! Again and again you read about such cases in the newspaper. But then, your poem also conveys the helplessness - of the victims on the one hand and of society on the other hand. The fatherb is sent to jail afterwards, when everything is over. I wonder if these things could be prevented.

[SleepyWitch]

the county sent some poeple out
and every single time
she would hold her head up high
she always insisted she was fine
her daddy loves her,
her mommy loves him
that everything was as it should be,
no, he didnt hit her,
she fell down the stairs
no, her momma got that black eye in a bar.
what a brave, brave girl

I like these lines. they sound very realistic.

[stephofthenight]

i wasnt trying to create a fairy-tell picture of this abuse that society goes through blindly. but i wasnt trying to make people think anything else except to realise the honest emotion if that makes since?

[thescholar]

Very powerful and deeply moving. The sections written from the daughter's point of view convey a sense of innocence and vulnerability that makes the poem's content even more effective, if that were possible.