knees hit the floor
and a little girl prays
please please god
just take me away
amidst the clatter
and the crashing thuds
then silence, then footsteps
and there's no time to run
she tries to bar the door
even though she'll lose
and her head will hit the wall
when he smashes into the room
she'll crawl for the closet
but that will make it worse
he just looms out of the darkness
and reaches in and grabs her

and then it's just dark
and hours have died away
and her body hurts
and she wonders why she prayed
there's blood
and she's seen too much of life
and even though there's pain
she doesn't want to cry
she whispers
to where ever god may be
i hate you now
for never hearing me
and tears fall
and puddle under her head
and she closes her eyes and wants
to only wake up dead
but she will see another day
in her torn-up little world

it's just another life
of another little girl.

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