Wednesday, August 3, 2011

With Closed Eyes She Sleeps

A lost and lonely girl here sleeps

Upon the dusty floor she lays

Curled up within herself she weeps

And grieves the death of better days.


Her hair is tangled from neglect

With dirty face and dirty hands

Tattered clothes in which she's dressed

Cover bruises, cuts, and bloody bands.



The wind comes through the open door

It blows her hair across her face

It pushes at her on the floor

And makes her shiver in cold's embrace.



The screams of pain inside her rage

A sound her heart has come to know

She should be dreaming at this age

But innocence was stolen long ago.



Now distant are her dreams escape

For night has drifted in so fast

She wills herself to find a place

To hide from hands of anger's grasp.



She hears him coming up the stairs

She seals herself inside her tomb

He'll try to hurt her, but she swears

He'll not find her in this room.



She hears his steps they grow in sound

He's almost here outside her door

She takes the razor and cuts a round

And watches blood drops on the floor.



The door is open to her fate

This man no longer has the power

Her heart and soul safe from his rage

Just a shell of her left in this tower.



No longer does she feel the pain

Or hear the screams inside her mind

All is quiet but the red blood rain

That whisks away this little child.



Now she's feeling comfort's warmth

She's safe and free from his reach

As he kicks the lifeless form

With closed eyes, she finally sleeps.

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