Torn By Abuse

Hunger, it settles
After lingering for days
I can’t seem to make any sense
Out of the evil of your ways

Memories reveal themselves
Of when I thought you loved me
Before I woke inside this room
Suffering terribly

My sobbing goes on for hours
My prayers will go unheard
I shout and call for mercy
But this hope is just absurd

I lose count
Of all the ways
That I have suffered
These past few days

My pitiful whimpers,
They matter no longer
Except for the fact
That my pain makes you stronger

You lock me in darkness
To steal my sight
But won’t give up
On the eternal fight

*I've never been abused by my parents in my life. I just wrote this to show some insensitive people a little bit of what child abuse is like. I know I barely even hit the edge of this storm, but at least I was able to change some feelings in some kids.