My Name is Andrea




My name is Andrea
I'm five years old
My eyes are swollen
It's dark and cold.

I must be stupid
I must be bad
Cause something made Daddy
Really mad.

I wish I was pretty
For I must be ugly
If I were, maybe Mommy
Would want to hug me.

I can't speak, at all
I can't do a wrong
Or else I'm locked up,
All the day long.

When I wake up
I'm all alone
The house is quiet
Mommy & Daddy are gone.

When mommy comes home
I'll try to be nice,
So maybe I won't
Get a beating tonight.

Shh!! be quiet.
I just heard a car,
Must be my Daddy,
Back from the bar.

I hear him curse
My name he calls
I press myself
Against the wall.

I try to hide
From his evil eyes
I am so scared
I start to cry.

He hears me crying,
He shouts out my name
"ANDREA" he says,
"Come play a game"

He slaps me & hits me
And yells some more
I finally get away
And run for the door.

He already locked it
And I start to bawl
That's when he throws me
Against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor
My bones are broken
He yells & screams
Curse words are spoken.

"I'm sorry", I scream
But its too late
In his eyes, I see
The most awful hate.

He hits me over
And over again
Please, God, have mercy
Please, let this end.

He finally stops
And goes out the door
It hurts so bad,
My body is sore.

My name is Andrea
I'm only five.
Tonight my Daddy
Took my life.