
Back Then
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“WHY MOMMY WHY?”
I screamed through my tears
I was little then
About three years
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Mommy didn’t care
She stared wide eyed and silent
As she sat In the chair
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Daddy came home right around four
I screamed and ran up the stairs
As he slammed the front door
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I was too tired from crying
So I slipped and I fell
Inside I was slowly dying
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Mommy and daddy had to get rid of me
We were a poor family
They just didn’t have the money you see
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But they didn’t want the trouble of an orphaniage or foster care
They had to get rid of me
Right then and there
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Daddy grabbed my hand
He flung me fown the stairs
It was like flicking a rubber band
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I crashed to the ground
It was dark so I hid
Careful not to make a sound
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I heard daddy get the gun
Then mommy cry
This wasn’t going to be fun
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Daddy found my hiding place
He picked me up
Daddy couldn’t look at my face
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I heard mommy shout out a cry
Ad daddy shot the gun
He whispered “goodbye”
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I guess they all win
I was 3 back then
Now im 10
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-Ashley Knight