Fire water



If you wanna know how I'm feeling just sit on down by my side. I'll tell you a story of the evil that's ruled my life until now.
walking around with this dark cloud.
Wake up one night in terror...
just a kid all alone & in bed, walked to the kitchen to see what was the matter...
Heard shrieks & some clatter...
Pleads for help...
My mother was held by her throat by a man with a dagger in hand, all I heard was yelling in my head...
He told me he'd take her life if I didn’t go back to bed...
Saw the glass on the floor couldn't walk any further...
Turned back around to see blood on the walls (smears & splatter)
On the ceilings on the rugs...
This is what happens when your moms a crack head...
Was taken away me and my brother, put in a home, raped & molested.
And even though they heard our cries no one contested.
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Submitted by datgirlbbw954 on October 25, 2019

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Scheme ABCCCDEECCFEGH
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 825
Words 165
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

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