Tell Me Poem by DAUGHTER OF A CRACKED MIND

Tell me mother, I need to know
did you think about the pain
before you chose to inflict it?

Did you not know of the effect it
would have on your tender child's brain
or did your mind just slip into it's insanity
for that moment of time?

Tell me mother, I need to know
did you not know it was a crime
to treat your child in this way
or were you too busy thinking of what to say?

Weren't you scared?
What if you got caught?
Did you think of that?

Tell me mother, I need to know
were you not ashamed
of your child's red blue welts
or were you too busy trying to explain
so many marks- the ones I could not hide

Tell me mother, I need to know, was I to blame
or was this just a game that you liked to play?

Tell me I need to know?