The Little Girl Who Liked Shoes
Rashell used to like shoes
Especially the leather ones
Her Daddy wore
The ones she could see
Her reflection in
Rashell curls in a ball
Beneath her bed
Her only company
The dust bunnies
Her Teddy bear
And a fear so strong
She nearly cried
Someone screamed in the house
And then silence
Rashell knew the scream
Was one of her mothers
Footsteps echoed in the stairwell
Slow and steady
And a voice she knew to well
Called her name
In a long, drawn out way
That chilled her to the bone
The door to her bedroom
Slammed open
And Rashell covered her mouth
With her tiny hands
So she didn't cry out loud
Rashell squeezed her eyes shut
As the footsteps drew near
Close enough that she could hear
His ragged breathing
She opened her eyes
To find herself staring back at her
In her Daddy's shoes
Something red dripped
In tiny droplets next to the shoes
And Rashell tried not to cry
When she realized the red
Belonged to her mother
Rashell used to like shoes
Especially the ones
Her Daddy wore
But that was before she knew
That the person that wore those shoes
Would be the one
To end her life
All because
He had a little to much to drink
Especially the leather ones
Her Daddy wore
The ones she could see
Her reflection in
Rashell curls in a ball
Beneath her bed
Her only company
The dust bunnies
Her Teddy bear
And a fear so strong
She nearly cried
Someone screamed in the house
And then silence
Rashell knew the scream
Was one of her mothers
Footsteps echoed in the stairwell
Slow and steady
And a voice she knew to well
Called her name
In a long, drawn out way
That chilled her to the bone
The door to her bedroom
Slammed open
And Rashell covered her mouth
With her tiny hands
So she didn't cry out loud
Rashell squeezed her eyes shut
As the footsteps drew near
Close enough that she could hear
His ragged breathing
She opened her eyes
To find herself staring back at her
In her Daddy's shoes
Something red dripped
In tiny droplets next to the shoes
And Rashell tried not to cry
When she realized the red
Belonged to her mother
Rashell used to like shoes
Especially the ones
Her Daddy wore
But that was before she knew
That the person that wore those shoes
Would be the one
To end her life
All because
He had a little to much to drink