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Chapter 5 - Beaten

I am scared, all alone.

I am hurt in my home.

The clock strikes twelve,

it's midnight now.

You can't stop fate,

it happens anyhow.

The clock strikes one,

two, three, then four;

and I hear a pounding

at the door.

I've locked her out,

but not for long.

I try to block the yells

with a peaceful song.

"Hope is a river

that fills every sea,

Waters that mirror

the way life should be."

"Someone help me!"

I dare not cry,

but I'm too young

I think, to die!

The lock breaks,

and I try to run.

I try to leave

and see no sun.

I pray that God

will give me strength.

I turn around,

but start to shake.

I raise my arms

to block the blows,

and now that I'm gone

everyone knows.

"God help me."

I had asked,

before I became

part of the past.