Daddy's Little Girl

• Haura Hussaini, Grade 10
• Poetry
• 2008

There is a child inside me
Screaming for help.
I try to ignore her,
Telling myself that
It will soon be over.
I tried to forget her, and
To even hurt her.
She has suffered far too long,
I never listen to her.
I keep her chained deep down inside me,
Hidden from the entire trauma.
She is just a child so frightened and weak,
Longing for love and reassurance.