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Daddy's Little Girl

May 21, 2011
By Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."


Eliza sits in the back of the class,
Tear stained eyes,
And hand prints on her throat.
She is covering her bruises with bruises,
Doesn’t even know why she’s the ridicule of abuse,
Doesn’t know her skin color, because it was lost in black and blue,
From her father, But I guess since her father is always drunk,
And her mother’s too high in the kitchen, to ever come down, and talk to her, that she becomes her father’s punching bag.
And she just wishes it would stop, and she could go back to holding his hand, because she desperately misses being
Daddy’s little girl.
But the abuse just comes and comes,
And she can’t make it stop because he is a grown man and she’s still his little girl
But she is growing into a woman, and he knows this,
And he won’t allow her because she will tower,
And he won’t have control over that girl he once called his princess,
Who he promised jewels and a throne, he never said those jewels would be black eyes and the throne was her bed which he laid with her at night, while her mother was dealing dope, In the kitchen, thinking it was nothing wrong as she ignored her daughter scream out at his command, I am
Daddy’s little girl
He felt her, touched her, he molested his own daughter and listened to her screams echo off the walls and enter his ears and give him a turn on, and times like this when she had enough and brain possibly can’t function with what happened, she thinks back to when she ran to her father and not away, when she was
Daddy’s little girl
Today Eliza sits in the back of the class,
Hood over head, red eyes, bruises no longer bruises but scars.
She was called names, by that of her father, she couldn't control, and never tried to bother. She took the names and the hate with it too, all out of love of being,
Daddy’s little girl.
She told me, how she was full of rage, the home was not a place, and it always seemed dazed...she said to me that death was near, she didn't say for who, but you could tell by the tears.
Eliza died bringing life into the world.
The father picked up his child and granddaughter, and said to her,
You know what?
You’re Daddy’s little girl.


The author's comments:
I wrote this for a talent show. All of this is fiction, nothing real.

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on Aug. 13 2011 at 4:11 pm
PhoenixCrossing GOLD, Tinley Park, Illinois
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Wow! Oh my gosh the ending was perfect! The content was amazing! Please keep writing. The only thing I found out of place was that the lines were long and it was more of like a story than a poem. Maybe shorter lines next time? And the punctuation was great!

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Aug. 13 2011 at 12:22 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you a lot.! It means the world to me, it is spoken word.

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Aug. 13 2011 at 12:19 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you. I really worked hard on this piece.

on Aug. 12 2011 at 1:08 pm
HannSawyer15 BRONZE, North Brunswick, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I say... lets speak it. Lets fight it. Lets write it. There's nothing to hold on to if it's already gone."

Uggh! This is just amazing. You have no idea.

on Aug. 12 2011 at 1:06 pm
HannSawyer15 BRONZE, North Brunswick, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 107 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I say... lets speak it. Lets fight it. Lets write it. There's nothing to hold on to if it's already gone."

This SCREAMS spoken word! And I loved every single bit of it. So much emotion. Great great GREAT job! Love it!

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Aug. 12 2011 at 11:05 am
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

T'anks a lot.! :)

on Aug. 7 2011 at 10:46 am
JTboiiDrama PLATINUM, Chicago, Illinois
27 articles 0 photos 46 comments

Favorite Quote:
It is what it is

WOW really deep and really heart felt I love this piece. I l;ove the way you made every thing perfect . It could not be better!!!

on Aug. 5 2011 at 9:23 pm
TwasBrilling BRONZE, Staunton, Va, Virginia
4 articles 0 photos 79 comments

Favorite Quote:
"The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only with the falling of the dusk" -H.W. Hegel

"Words are our most inexhaustable source of magic' -Albus Dumbledore

Wow! You put alot of emotion into this...particuarly for the fact that it is fiction. 

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Aug. 5 2011 at 7:38 am
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you so much.

on Aug. 4 2011 at 5:29 pm
JerseyGirl716 BRONZE, Central, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 92 comments

Favorite Quote:
"We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot." -Eleanor Roosevelt

Oh my god! Ugh, I pretty much want to cry... that's how you know you did a great job with the poem, though. The emotion is POWERFUL. Awesome, great job!

on Aug. 4 2011 at 12:44 am
thetruthawaits94 SILVER, Duncan, Oklahoma
9 articles 0 photos 351 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.

No way! Oh my gosh. You just broke my heart. :(

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Aug. 3 2011 at 11:45 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Its the second way...He is eliza's father and is going to do the same thing to the baby...It is a really sad poem.

on Aug. 3 2011 at 11:22 pm
thetruthawaits94 SILVER, Duncan, Oklahoma
9 articles 0 photos 351 comments

Favorite Quote:
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.

Wait. is this a happy ending or a terrible ending. I could interpret it two ways. 1. the father is a different man that eliza fell in love with and is truly going to show Real love to the baby or 2. the father is eliza's father and he's going to do the same things to this child that he did to eliza. I HAVE to know. I have read this before. I don't know why i did not leave a comment, I though i already had! boy, am i glad that this is fiction. I never want to think this stuff is real, even though the hard truth is that it is. This could be happening to the person you would never suspect in school or the one who is quiet and troubled. You don't know. We've got to show love to everyone. because you could be the ONLY one that shows real love to a person in their life. You could save someone's life just by saying hello to them. you never know. This is a fantastic piece. VERY thought-provoking, indeed. 

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jul. 20 2011 at 8:21 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you so much.

. said...
on Jul. 17 2011 at 8:31 am
this is so beautiful yet so tragic i felt tears n i dont even cry... the ending was so sad! XO you have a great talent n r an amazing poet I loved this there were no flaws this was absolutely perfect... great work

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jun. 29 2011 at 8:41 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you.!

on Jun. 28 2011 at 8:48 am
Bgeekgirl24 GOLD, Bellefontaine, Ohio
16 articles 0 photos 38 comments

Favorite Quote:
Eat healthy. Excersize daily. Die anyway.

Wow this is an amazing poem i almost teared up, and I never cry! I just really hope this isen't anything you have had experience with. Great job! I love it!

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jun. 26 2011 at 1:15 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you, sure I'll read it.

Dark_Mind GOLD said...
on Jun. 26 2011 at 1:15 pm
Dark_Mind GOLD, Little Rock, Arkansas
11 articles 0 photos 67 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Sounds like a Personal Problem."

Thank you. I would love to read it.

Mariam.J GOLD said...
on Jun. 26 2011 at 3:36 am
Mariam.J GOLD, Dubai, Other
16 articles 0 photos 72 comments

Favorite Quote:
I don't have many favourite quotes , though I do love the truth that 'change is constant .'
For you , a thousand times over - Hassan , The Kite Runner
If you want to leave footprints in the sands of time , don't drag your feet - Rudyard Kipling

Wow !

This is amazing stuff . I actually re read it ! :O

I know it's fiction but, you've written it so well, it almost seems real !

I would appreciate if you comment on my work . Born Again - Mariam.J

Thanks (: