mother, help

mother, won’t you help?
dad’s coming again
he’s making me hurt,
making me bleed

mother, please rescue me!
I can’t stand what dad
is doing to me
it isn’t fair

mother, won’t you save me?
dad is on top of me again
he’s opening my legs,
bruising me

mother, please comfort me!
dad is hurting me
I can’t ever get away
from all this pain

-Jonathan Johnston


© Copyright 1997 Jonathan E. Johnston


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