Tears From An Angel

By Shericka Murphy

In a quiet room, at the end of the hall

There is a little girl named Simori

She sits all alone, like a beautiful angel

And she reads herself a story

Aloud there she reads

About a princess and a queen

Skin like velvet, and pecan brown

With the most beautiful black eyes ever seen

At that moment she is happy, but Mostly she is sad

Five years she has cried heavy tears

It's the pain that her father has been inflicting on her

That has made her cry all those years

She is nine years old, and is always forlorn

She only laughs and smiles when mother is around

But when father is in the presence of her angleic aurora

She does not speak, nor make a sound

I wonder why mother cannot see the obvious

She cannot see that something is wrong

I can't see why she is so blind to this sight

And it's been visible for so very long

And when angel is done reading; She sits alone in her room

And she stares quietly and steadily at the wall

Then all of a sudden the silence is broken

By heavy footsteps slowly coming down the hall

And she knows who is coming, so she decides to hide

In the closet she sits against the wall

She tries her best to be silent and still

She doesn't speak, or move at all

She is closing her eyes tightly, and breathing very slow

She can hear the room door slowly opening

She knows he will find her, and hurt her badly

But yet she is still wishing and hoping

But not to her surprise, he steps up to the closet

And he softly pulls open the door

He says "Simori, are you hiding from daddy"

She says "No daddy...not anymore"

He tells her "Get up off the floor and go over to the bed"

She does.....and then he gently takes off his and her clothes

She is careful of her body language at this moment

If not, then she will suffer from daddy's mighty blows

When it is all over, she lies on the bed

She is numb from her chest to her knees

She looks at her father strait in the eyes

And she asks "Daddy why do you do this...tell me please"

He looks at her and says "It's all because I love you angel"

"It's to make you feel good and not hurt"

And he gets up and leaves her alone and ashamed

While mother comes in home late from work.