Silent Death

She sat in silence thoughts stuck in her head While her eyes told the story of the life that she led The hurt she felt was like no other Lost inside wanting this love from her father The effort she made to be a part of his life Was tossed to the side on account of his wife The things she recalls but wants to forget Like the night of his beating when she heard the bat hit The yelling and hitting the hate and the fear Night turns to day month into year Two children suffering no one said a word The screams inside too faint to be heard He stood by his children and promised never again but that was the night their life of hell began