Mad

You said you understood me,
Promised nothing bad would happen.
You said I could stay with you,
Crossed your heart and hoped to die.

Now I'm here in this jacket,
Stiff and scratching my skin.
Hair all a royal mess,
My face a massive bruise.

What did I to to you, Mommy,
To make you hate me so?
Did my little game scare you,
did you not want to play?

Why do you look at me
With tears and such fear?
Is Daddy still bleeding,
Did the doctors make him better?

When can I come home, Mommy,
to snuggle to sleep with you?
When can we go out and play,
Swing and run around?

Does that owie still hurt
Where I cut your eye?
I told you to hold still
So you wouldn't get hurt.

Can't you trust me, Mommy,
Don't you know I'm a good girl?
Did you lie to me then
When you first took me in?

You said you would protect me
From the demons within you.
Did you really understand
When they said I was utterly mad?