Screaming in Brail• Show poetry

When you hear the word abuse
Or the words neglect and sad
You only think of one person
And that person is the dad
But heres a story you might not know
Or even understand
But sometimes it really happens
And the culprit's not a man
There was a girl named Sadie
And she is only five
And since her age of one
Her father hasn't been alive
She lives with two people
And ones an older brother
The other is an abusive
And pain addicted mother
The two children try and hide
Because their mommy is real mean
Sometimes its hard to believe
Shes a living breathing being
All the time Sadie wonders
If her mother has a heart
Because she showed no love
For Sadie from the start
For years they lied to teachers
And said they tripped and fell
But only they knew inside
How it really felt
Tommy was growing up now
He was already a teen
But he never forgot Sadie
And protected her from anything mean
But sometimes he wasnt home
And Sadie, only eight
Could not defend herself from her mothers hate
Years moved slowly by
And Tommy was always at school
Sadie was still only 11
And her mother was still cruel
Tommy went to college
And Sadie was 13
But mommy was still beating her
And her mommy was still mean
No longer was Tommy there
So she got some every night
And because she was so small
There wasn't any fight
She wished she grew taller
And she wished she wasn't skin and bone
She wished she had another place
That she could call her home
But then she was 15
She was taller and she was strong
When her mommy came in one night
She said this can't go on
You have taken advantage of me
For ten whole long years
You were always in my dreams
And you were the pit of my fears
Tommy tried his best
But he had to move away
So you came at me harder
And I waited for this day
With that she slapped her mommy
And she left the house
She walked for miles and miles
As quiet as a mouse
The police were looking for her
Her mother told them "she cried suicide
And she threatened every night
to try and end her life"
So Sadie ran to Tommy's
He is in college now
When she got to his door
She cried her eyes out
She told him her story
The one I am telling you
This is Sadie's story
And its not too far from true...