A step away from falling apart

There was a little girl
Her age was only three
Her daddy had left her
And so you see

After that day
This little girls life
Was no longer happy
And was filled with strife

Daddy left august second
And too his surprise
The Little girl woke up
So he had to tell some lies

Where are you going daddy?
The little girl asked
So daddy thought quickly
A not so easy task

Daddy's leaving for a little while
For a little walk
I will be back real soon
And thats how he ended our talk

I love you daddy
I said from my bed
I love you too honey
That is what he said

This littles girls birthday
Was the next day
Daddy was not there
But nothing did she say

The little girl did not
Get to see her dad
Until four years later
But this never made her sad

Do you miss your daddy?
Mommy used to say
No, he just went for a walk
He will be home one of these days

But daddy never came back
And as the girl grew old
She started to realize
The lie that daddy told

Mommy daddy's walk
Is taking kind of long
Is daddy alright mommy?
Did something go wrong?

This girl was age 6 now
So her mommy sat her down
Sweetie, daddy left us
And my smile turned to a frown

Daddy just had to go
He could not stay no more
So thats why daddy had all his stuff
When he walked out the door

She ran up to her room
And instantly started to cry
her insides were screaming
she just wanted to die

she ripped the heads off her Barbie's
And cried a tear for every night
That she thought daddy was on a walk
And would come back into her life

At age seven she started to steal
At age eight she always cried
At age nine she was pretty good
But at age ten she started to lie

At age eleven she tried to kill herself
And at age twelve her marks weren’t good
And at the age of thirteen
She finally understood

Everything caught up to her
She was overwhelmed that year
So she cut herself all the time
A cut for every tear

Her mom did not understand her
they were growing farther apart
her brother was abusive
And nothing could fix her broken heart

Her boyfriend had dumped her
In school she did real bad
she lost a lot of weight
and all this made her sad

this little girl was hopeless
she could not stop using the knife
the little girl was angry
so she tried to take her life

her attempt did not work
she passed out on the floor
but mommy heard a thump
and came rushing to the door

they rushed her to the hospital
and the girl was alright
and the mother kept a close watch
on her little girl that night

the little girl is getting better
the girl who lost it all at three
one day the little girl will be happy
the little girl is me