Black Poetry : SILENTLY I SCREAMED

FINDLOVEINME

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PLEASE NO, STOP.NOT IN FRONT OF OUR CHILD, I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU SAY,
PLEASE
I, AM, SORRY, NO, STOP, PLEASE DON'T HIT ME AGAIN, STOP, I'M SORRY, PLEASE GO AWAY,
PLEASE
JUST LEAVE ME ALONE

GET OFF OF ME

I DON'T WANT TO THINK NO MORE
I CAN'T EVEN PRAY NO MORE
YOU HIT ME SO MANY TIME UNTIL I CAN'T KEEP SCORE
PLEASE DON'T MAKE ME BLEED LIKE BEFORE
WILL I DIE TONIGHT OR JUST WAKE UP SORE

BLOOD STREAMING DOWN MY FACE LIKE TEARS
EYES SO BLACK AND SWOLLEN, UNTIL I CAN'T SEE CLEAR
MY BODY BATTERED, BRUISE AND TREMBLING, OH MY GOD I CAN NO LONGER HEAR
I CAN SEE MY CHILD, SCREAMING, CRYING AS SHE SPEAKS WITH FEAR,
PLEASE DON'T KILL MY MOMMY, SHE SAID
AS HER DADDY YELLS “GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE”

ONE MORE BLOW TO THE HEAD, HE SAID JUST FOR OLD TIME SAKE
SO HE KICKED ME ONCE MORE, AND THAT WAS MY FATE
DYING IN MY OWN BLOOD, AS I PRAY AND WAIT
WATCHING MY CHILD BEING CONSUMED IN HATE
OH GOD PLEASE HELP HER, BECAUSE FOR ME IT'S TOO LATE

THEN I HEARD GUNSHOTS GO OFF, ONE, TWO, THEN THREE
AS I TOOK MY LAST BREATH IN LIFE, I LOOKED UP TO SEE
THE MAN THAT ENDED MY LIFE, SHOT DEAD, FALLING ON TOP OF ME
WITH A BULLET WOUND, TO HIS CHEST, HOW COULD THIS BE
WITH TEARS IN HER EYES, MY CHILD WHISPERS, "MOM WE ARE FINALLY FREE"
THE SMOKING GUN DROPS FROM HER HAND, AS ONE BULLET WENT IN HER AND THE OTHER IN ME
THE SIN OF ONE, LIVED IN TWO, BUT DIED IN THREE

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
SILENTLY I SCREAMED, REALIZING THAT THIS DREAM COULD ONE DAY BE ME.



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