My Name is Sarah

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My name is Sarah,

I am but three,

My eyes are swollen

I cannot see,

I must be stupid

I must be bad,

What else could have made

My daddy so mad?

I wish I were better

I wish I weren't ugly,

Then maybe my mommy

Would still want to hug me.

I can't speak at all,

I can't do a wrong

Or else I'm locked up

All the day long.

When I awake

I'm all alone

The house is dark,

My folks aren't home.

When my mommy does come

I'll try and be nice,

So maybe I'll get just

One whipping tonight.

Don't make a sound!

I just heard a car.

My daddy is back

From Charlie's Bar.

I hear him curse.

My name he calls.

I press myself

Against the wall.

I try and hide,

From his evil eyes.

I'm so afraid

now I'm starting to cry.

He finds me weeping

He shouts ugly words,

He says it's my fault

That he suffers at work.

He slaps me and hits me

And yells at me more,

I finally get free

And I run for the door.

He's already locked it

And I start to bawl,

He takes me and throws me

Against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor

With my bones nearly broken,

And my daddy continues,

With more bad words spoken.

I'm sorry!", I scream

But it's now much too late,

His face has been twisted

Into unimaginable hate.

The hurt and the pain,

Again and again

Oh please God, have mercy!

Oh please let it end!

And he finally stops

And heads for the door,

While I lay there motionless

Sprawled on the floor.

My name is Sarah

And I am but three,

Tonight my daddy Murdered me.

Addendum from Sherry Sharon:

If you are a victim of child abuse, please know that we care. Please talk to your school counselor, your pastor, a close friend. Or, you can write to us. Just click on the icon "Mail" below.

If you are a survivor of child abuse, please be comforted by the following promises from the scriptures:  

"Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning." Psalm 30:5

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:38,39

He promises to give you "...beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that you might be called a trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified." Isaiah 61:3

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for  us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory."                 II Cor. 4:17

"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."   Psalm 107:20

"The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them." Deut. 33:27

"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." Psalm 147:3

"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God." II Cor. 1:3,4

"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." John 14:1-3

"Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all."  II Thess 3:16

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