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Mommy Wake Up
Mommy I'm glad I found you; You're not lost anymore
No, I'm not okay; I wondered why you went away
Daddy was kind, said not to worry my little mind
That your sudden departing was only for a day
I waited and waited
... but you never came back
I trusted daddy
... until he became an angry man
So at first I thought he missed you terribly
That he was confused and he didn't understand
There's something off here and I'm scared
Why did he become this frightening way?
I try to be a good girl, but I feel alone in the world
I try to not make him mad, and to behave every day
He's always angry, Mommy, why must he hate me?
He used to play with me outside when the sun was bright
Now he doesn't think, he just gambles and drinks
And brings strange ladies in his bed at night
Mommy I thought you loved me, so why'd you leave?
Daddy disrespects you, in the bed where you used to sleep
He brings these dirty strangers, I feel small and in danger
I pray to God to protect me from these crazy creeps
... But I don't think he hears me
Mommy I remember how we'd been, tried hard to remind him
How he loved you, and you wouldn't like how he is now
But his face grew splotchy red, he cursed your name and mine
Said I looked too much like you
... and then he beat me down
I'm scared and alone, Mommy, wake up, please come home
I needed you in my life, so why did you have to go?
Daddy hits hard and angrily, the kids at school pick on me
You're not here to care for me, but you ought to be, you know
No, Mommy, you can't be dead, this still cold is in my head
Wake up and follow me back home, take a nice hot bath
Clean the gray dust off your face; to be dirty is a disgrace
....At least that's what you said before you left me to Daddy's wrath
It's so dark in here, Mommy, I think something's gonna get me
Please pick me up and comfort me, I miss your tight hugs
MOMMA WAKE UP! I need you! Please get up!
Don't you care that I'm crying? Don't you see my love?
Oh look now, Daddy has found me! He'll help you from the ground
Mommy please tell him you're alive and well, I'm sure he'll be glad
Bring the family together again like it used to be before all this
So I won't be living in horrible fear of Daddy getting so mad
Oh no Mommy what's Daddy doing? What's happening? I can't breathe!
... I feel his hands wrapping tight around my little neck
His heavily alcohol-tainted breath smells, I hope he goes to hell
I hear him hissing "Don't make a sound. Soon you'll join your mother...
... On this cold hard ground
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