Estefania Reyes

English 2 - Block 2

Ms. McKoy

14 March 2013

Kate 

                        

My name is Kate.

I am only 8.

My eyes are so swollen.

I cannot see

Why are mommy and daddy so mad?

They must be mad

that I am so bad

Why are my mommy and daddy so mad?

If I wasn't so bad

maybe my mommy and daddy

would not be mad

I try to be nice

So I only get

one whipping tonight

If I talk

Or speak

I get locked up

In the basement

All night long

I hear the door swing open

Mommy and daddy are back

I hear mommy and daddy call my name

They want to play a game

A game where I always end up

With bruises all over my arms

I try to hide

Inside

My closet

I'm so afraid

I start to pray

They walk into my bedroom

They hear me crying

They find me

They curse me out

Daddy slaps me

While mommy kicks me

The pain is horrible

I want to run away

I free myself from their arms

And run to the door

But it’s too late

They lock the door

My mommy walks out

And leaves me alone

With my daddy

Daddy starts cursing at me again

And throws me against the wall

He starts to kick me once more

This time crushing my bones

Daddy doesn’t stop

He keeps on going

Until he gets more words out

The pain is killing me

I can’t anymore

I can’t hold it in anymore

I start to yell

The pain is killing me.

Daddy walks away

Leaving me

Spread across the floor

A couple of hours later

The pain continues

I can’t go on

It’s too much

I close my eyes

I have a dream

I see a white light

I try to wake up

My name is Kate

I was only eight

The night that my daddy and mommy

Beat me to death.

Why were mommy and daddy so mad?