Pretty Little Me. Poem by paige daniels

Pretty little me.
i sit here and read a book.
my dad walks in from work
he says don't talk to me i have
had a bad day.
he goes in to the kitchen and
gets a glass of wine.
one after another....
i want to say say daddy please stop drinking.
but i cant i am scared to see what he is going to say
so i say ''daddy i love you'' i am going to go to bed.
he takes his hands and hits me in the face.
calling me all kinds of names.
next thing i know i am on the ground with him standing over
me telling me how worthless i am.
he has never been like this he tells me that i am his perfect little princess
and nothing will ever change that.
but something has. i wonder what i can do? ?
but there is nothing that i can do.
so i just lay there saying to myself
pretty little me.