Crystal Johnson - The Pain

She goes to school each morning
With bruises on her face
Clothes that are not matching
And shoes that are not laced

I asked her what had happened
She replied 'I just fell down.'
I told her hand prints on her cheek
Won't happen by hitting the ground

At lunch they just made fun of her
They would laugh and call her names
I should've stood up, and made it stop
but I didn't, and now I'm ashamed

I could've stopped the hurting
And given her my hand
But now she just lay silently
Somewhere in darkend land

She said that she would do it
She said it hurt so bad
To come home and get a beating
When her drunken dad was mad

but as I watched the bullet
Slowly make it's way
She sreamed to me 'it's over'
She said 'Now it's ok'

I cried myself to sleep that night
Wondering what it meant
Thats when I found the letter
Half folded and half bent

I read it very carefully
And then I went to bed
but for your information
I'll read you what it said

I know you tried to help me
In all my time of need
but now it's finally over
And now I finally see

I couldnt stop the hurting
it was my only hope
I needed to just get away
Instead to sit and mope

It's better this way anyhow
Could you do me a favor when I'm gone
tell mommmy that I lover her
And tell daddy he was wrong

I wasnt just a failure
Thats what he said last night
All the hurting he caused me
Tell him it wasnt right

I tried to keep it hidden
The marks he mad on me
But I couldnt hide it anymore
So now they all will see

Crystal Johnson

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