She walked in the door
after school that day
and saw her father waiting for her
she started to say hi
but then he cut her off
and took a swing
and hit her hard
and then scare her for life
As she ran to her room he yelled
you are lucky that that's all I did
and next time it will be ways worse
So she laid on her bed and
wounded what she did wrong
to deserve this kind of punishment
all she wanted is for her father to love her
She went to school the very next day
with a hand print on her face
her teacher pulled aside in the middle of class
and said
Darling are you okay
that's the 3rd time this week
that you have had a hand mark on your face
is everything okay at school
but she said nothing
the teacher said if you ever need to talk i am right here
everyone could see the pain in her eyes
but her father
everyone could feel her desire for love
but her father
she wondered if he only saw the bad things
but never any good
she wondered if he would ever really love her
or if the abuse would just never stop
she longed for love
for trust
and acceptance from her father
then one day he realized what he did to his daughter
until it was too lait and she was gone
He never noticed what she did
until she was gone
he never really loved her until she was gone
the abuse never stopped until she was gone
But he never noticed why she was gone
Now she is gone and it is too late
too late to say sorry
too late to take it back
too late to say I love you
too late to say good bye





9 old applause
