daughter's lullaby

with crystal eyes of blue,
and a smile to die for
she was every guys dream
and every girls fantasy to be.
she smiled and laughed with all her friends
but no one knew what lay
behind those pretty blue eyes.
she would arrive home each day,
with dread to sleep because
her only lullaby was the
fighting, yelling, and screaming
of the floor below.
as she listened
she knew daddy was drunk,
and mom wanted to leave,
but the pain she felt would never go away,
and she prayed to god to take her away.
with a crash of a vase
she knew this was bad because
it was fallowed by the stomping of feet on the stairs
and anabrupt stop at her door,
her door flung open
and the light beamed in,
she tried to scurry away.
with a pull of her wrist she was flung to the floor,
she knew this was the start of her sickening fate.
as the alcoholic breath drifted over her body
this was the only smell she could possibly hate,
the punches, kicks, and screams came with a fright.
she knew not to cry because it would bring more pain
but it was all to much,
and she hoped he would not see,
but it was all to late.
out of his pocket it came
the barrel to her head
she wished she could scream
but no one would hear her for miles away.
with the pull of the trigger
the only thing she could think of
was apologize to God for her fathers mistake.
as the world began to spin,
the footsteps left the room,
as her last tear fell from her cheek
onto the forever blood stained floor......