Please dear child do not cry, for your pain is running deep.
Your parents do not understand the hurt they have caused.
You try so hard to please but failed.
...
My hair is grey now and my body broken.
My mind is not as sharp as it once was.
But I have time to reflect on the dreams
and hopes I once had.
...
Child Abuse
Please dear child do not cry, for your pain is running deep.
Your parents do not understand the hurt they have caused.
You try so hard to please but failed.
You blame yourself of the failure.
It is not you who has failed but your parents.
Their expectations are beyond the norm for a child like you.
For they have not exceeded their expectations
and place the blame on you.