Abuse Poem by Desiree Whitamore

sally felt her daddy
sneak into her bed
she saw his dirty shadow
his finger touched her head.

sally's daddy loved her
he loved her, he would say
so sally let him hurt her
in every single way.

sally's daddy drank a lot
he loved a man named jack
when the whisky river drowned him,
he broke sally's back.

on the day she turned15
sally tried to run,
but sally's daddy found her
her daddy had a gun.

he said that if she left him,
he'd shoot her on the spot
he said that she was everything
he loved her a lot

sally's mother knew it
sally's mother cried.
but sally's mommy left her
sally's mommy died.

when sally saw her mother
lying on the ground
and saw her laughing father
let the gun dropp down,

she knew she had to run
and her head said to go
sally's daddy stopped her
said: 'i won't die alone'

sally's daddy hit her
and split her heart in two.
sally's daddy kicked her
said: 'sally, i love you'

sally reached the phone
and dialed 9-1-1
she got the operator
but all she said was: 'gun'.

sally's grave was hidden
and her daddy went to jail.
sally's daddy loved her.
love can always fail.