Oh little girl, my heart has a burden <br />for you; <br />we have so much in common, if only <br />you really knew. <br /> <br />I've heard about your' past, I know <br />the pain that you go through; <br />my heart cries out silently, for I <br />feel your' sorrow too. <br /> <br />If I could hold you for one moment, <br />and make your' tears cease to flow; <br />I would turn back time, to when you <br />laughed, and your' pain you did not know. <br /> <br />I see myself in your' eyes, I hear <br />me in your' voice; <br />I carry the same guilt as you do, <br />I blame myself for their choice. <br /> <br />You told me once, 'My Mommy hates me', <br />and I cried for three days straight; <br />for I know the pain that that entails, <br />how those words can devastate. <br /> <br />I feel so helpless as I watch you, <br />playing with my little girl; <br />for I know the shame you are filled <br />with, in your' shattered, little world. <br /> <br />If I could say one thing to you, it <br />would be, 'It's not your' fault'; <br />but you, like me, would never believe, <br />that the ones to blame are the adults.<br /><br />Ruth warren<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-little-girl/
