Today

Today

Do you want to know
What happened today?
Well sit back and read
Cause I'll tell you anyway

I asked if i could go to the fair
Cause I've always wanted to go
But in the face I got slapped
And she screamed no.

Today 6 months have went by
Since the night I was raped
I know I should forget it
But I can't... no, not that date.

Everything in my life
Has been going all wrong
How will I ever find
A place that I belong?

Today at school,
Nothing new.
I just daydreamed about
Someone who was true.

My life isn't perfect
But neither is yours
Why can't we just leave
Behind our so-called chores?

Today,
Grades are in
I got a lecture
That still hasn't end.

All I heard were
Yelling and screaming
But the beatings...
Well, I'm still healing.

Today was another bad day
Like all of the rest
I think I will give up
On all of this mess.

I've lied so many times
But now I am not
I really need help
To make this pain stop.

The only thing
I have ever wanted was
To know what it felt like
To be loved.

But I guess I have to end
My life without knowing
How much the world hates me
And it keeps on showing.

I hope someday
You'll remember my name
And ask yourself
If she ever made it okay.

Andrea Chapman
Friday, 1:22 a.m.