The Girl, Part I and 2
This is two parter. The first dealing with the abuse of the mother. The second part is about her child, growing up in care
The Girl, Part 1
A foetus from a mother’s womb
Prematurely born too soon
Due to punches, slaps and kicks
Delivered fast with fury, quick
By a man, in drunken rage
Who thumped a stomach, broke ribcage
Of mother who could not defend
Against the rage which knew no end.
Unbridled ire he launched against
A woman who had had the sense,
And also child beat out from her
By angry, savage, saboteur
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The Girl. Part 2
She never stood a chance, the girl
A chance she never stood
At seven months, born premature
Kicked out of womb with foot;
By father laced in alcohol
Belligerent and vile,
Who spared no rod nor pulled his punch
On women he defiled
She never stood a chance, the girl
A chance she never stood
In Children’s homes and foster care
she lived through her childhood
Attachments never formed for her
No bonds or pledges made
By people charged to care for her
Just sorrow and dismay
She never stood a chance, the girl
A chance she never stood
No opportunities for her
They thought she’d do no good
Passed from pillar then to post,
And then passed back again
She never stood a chance the girl
For her no sweet refrains
She never stood a chance, the girl
A chance she never stood
Poverty for her assured
It ran through lines in blood
No song with lifting melodies
Would underscore her life
Just beats reigned down from angry fists
And chorus sung with strife
She never stood a chance the, girl
A chance she never stood
Disordered personality
Consultants diagnosed
Anxiety, depression
Heightened lows and lofty highs
Mental health became her norm
Well, should we wonder why?
N.L.G
Copyright © Nigel Gray | Year Posted 2023
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