Middle School: Honorable Mention

ABUSE, NO MORE

There is nothing I would like to thank

you for, for you have made my life

nothing but misery and horror,

Pain, and cruelty is all you know

you are angry and mean as you go,

From the first stroke to the last

When I get older I will erase you

from my past

I hate you, you treat me like spit,

Love from me you will find is

something you will not ever get,

Why do you do it, does it make you feel good,

“What happened to you?”

Is what everyone asks that lives

in our neighborhood,

Like a coward I make up a lie,

You wonder why now when

I see you I run and hide,

From the first stroke to the last

When I get older I will erase you

from my past

Finally one day I build up enough courage,

I call the police tell them what is wrong,

They ask me why I have been

letting this go on for so long,

I tell them fear, pure fear cause

if he knew, there is no telling what he would do,

Please come I beg of you, They

tell me to sit down there is nothing more I can do,

Just sit and wait will surely come through,

From the first stroke to the last

When I get older I will erase you

from my past

By: Matthew Thomas Husband