My Heart

Blood drips from

my mouth.

My sides heave for

air. My ears strain

to hear what is going

on. My heart aches

from the pain.

Oh no! Mother is

here again! My blood

starts to race

through my veins.

My heart is pounding.

"Escape! Run!" My mind shouts

"Bam!" My head hits the

counter. "Whack!" My

body crumples to the

floor. "Wham!"

Mother kicks me again and again.

"Crash!" I feel Mother

throw a plate at me.

Pain sears through me

as it hits me.

Suddenly Sally

starts to cry. I find

my chance to run.

My heart races.

Blood is pouring down

my chin.

My sides heave heavily

for air.

Where oh where can

I go? Where is Dad

when I need him most?

Mother comes back

to finish me off.

My blood runs cold.

I scramble to

my feet and try to

run.

"Get your ### over here

you #######!" she

shouts.

She comes after me.

My legs are getting tired.

Mother is catching up!

Finally I collapse about

2 miles from the House.

Mother comes and slaps

me. She picks me up

and carries me home.

She sets me on a stool.

"You must be very thirsty.

After such a long run that is!"

She fills a cup from the

toilet and pours it down my

throat.

I fall off the stool.

I gasp for air.

Mother laughs and throws me around.

I try to scream

But not a sound was made.

My blood runs cold as Mother

screams in my face.

As Mother screams.

I started to fade

away. I could feel Mother

pick me up and shake me.

My head jerks forward.

My bones throb.

My blood turns colder and colder.

My heart is barely moving.

I fade deeper and deeper

into darkness.

Oh please! I

don't want to die!

Who will protect

Max? Or Sally?

Please oh please!

Help me!

Mother puts me

down and kicks me.

I jerk forward and

fall limp on the floor.

My breathing shallows.

"Goodbye Sally and Max."

My mind says

An Angel comes to take me.

I look sadly at my House.

I see my limp body crumpled

on the floor. Never to suffer again.

So Goodbye.

Goodbye Forever.

MNJ

Note: This poem is dedicated to my brother and sister whom died at age 4 and 1. Children are still dying from abuse. That is why we want YOU to help.

Grief

You die, I cry.

Tears come and come.

Why you? Why me?

When you left, My heart

left too.

I hold you while you

take your last breath.

What can I do?

What can I say?

Don't leave! Please don't!

Please don't leave me here cold

alone, and abandoned!

Grief stabs me again

and again. I feel it come

in waves. It hits harder

each time.

I don't know what to do!

My breath comes in gasps!

My heart seems to stop.

I feel as if I am dying too.

Tears and words can't

explain how I feel inside.

Oh, Oh, How I want to scream

in anguish!

I collapse beside your body.

Grief slams again and again.

The air suddenly becomes too hot and thick.

I can't breathe!

My heart stops!

No stay awake! Please!

I want to scream.

Not a sound made.

I turn away.

I can't stand to see you anymore.

Memories hit me now.

I remember you running,

playing, and it seems you laughed.

Grief tears at me.

You leave with a smile. Why?

Grief, Grief, Grief

.........GRIEF.

MNJ

Dedication: To Beauty, Sam, Bugger Bear, Spooky, and To my friends family.

The Dark, Dark Night.....

I wake up to hear

yelling and shouting.

"Uh oh, Mom and Dad

are at it again." I say to myself.

I stay in my sodden bed.

To terrified to move.

All of a sudden I hear loud sirens.

Red, Blue and Yellow lights fill

my bedroom.

I hear my doorknob turn.

Terrified, I pull the covers of my head.

Next thing I know, I hear my Mom

and Dad call my name, I try to run

to them.

I look up to see the kind face of a

kind policeman.

Terror races through my veins.

I try hard to squirm out of his arms.

But..... I am being carried to my

Grandmother's van.

"Elida! Elida! Come here!"

I hear my Mom scream.

I look outside the window to only see,

my Mom and Dad being shoved into a car.

Frantically, I try to open the door.

But.....it's locked!!!!

Grandmother drives slowly away

from Our House.

Goodbye Mom and Dad.

Goodbye Forever.

MNJ

Note: Never will I forget that dark, dark scary night.

Suicide

I am nine.

And it's time.

For me to die.

Please don't cry!

But I don't care,

Cause it's more than I can bear.

I can't seem to think,

Cause I feel I might sink.

So I leave.

But I believe.

Never to return,

NEVER

MNJ