I will tell you now of a life of pain <br />An abused little child, thrown away. I’d <br />Explain all the hate, and laughter insane, <br />But you’d never believe a world would try, <br />To threaten my soul and straighten my curls <br />To make me love men, to make me so cold <br />While loving myself, one scared little girl, <br />While feeling so frail and feeling so old, <br />While feeling so wrong, while being a child, <br />While feeling insane, and not knowing why <br />While shaking from fear, while screaming wild <br />While wishing for death as he passes by. <br />And as a woman now, I feel like prey, <br />An abused little child and thrown away.<br /><br />Sandra Osborne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-i-abused-little-child/
