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"I'm Going"
Standing in the kitchen, her backpack beside her on the floor "I'm going" she said fiercley, and headed for the door Her daddy leaning on the counter with a beer in his hand Said, "you do that hunny," and took a swig out of the can Her mother on the couch, past her time of thrills Said, "wait, before you go, pass me that bottle of pills." Storming out of the kitchen, and stopping in the hall She said, "soon you're gonna miss me," and she kicked the wall She put on her winter coat and paused by the door She called, "its your last change to love me, or you won't see me anymore" On the lawn she stopped, turned around and yelled "I'm gone, by the way. You can start crying now." Through the kitchen window, her dad waved instead of cried She turned towards the street, fire raging in her eyes
She said "I'm gonna make them sorry, I'm gonna making them pay. One day they'll find they miss me, and on that day I'll turn away. I'm going now and I'll find somewhere to be loved And when they come lookign for me i'll say, 'Too late, I'm gone.'"
At the end of her street, she didn't know which way to turn The despair suddenly grabbed her, and she sat down on the curb Alone, hungry, sad, and not 100 feet from home She realized the biting truth, that she had nowhere to go And then it hit her young mind, as only these thoughts could If even her parents didn't love her, then nobody ever would But she knew there were people out there, a mommy and a dad That would love her and buy her things, things her parents never had
She said "I'm gonna make them sorry, I'm gonna making them pay. One day they'll find they miss me, and on that day I'll turn away. I'm going now and I'll find somewhere to be loved And when they come lookign for me i'll say, 'Too late, I'm gone.'"
Still sitting on the sidewalk, doubts running through her brain She turned around and started off, back down the way she came Up the street, and through the yard In the front door, into the hall Shedding her coat, and wiping her shoes She said, "I'm giving you one last chance to prove-" "Prove what?" said her dad, "I knew you'd be back" "Go to bed," her mom moaned, "or do you want a smack?" Tears streaming down her face, her foot stomping on the floor She said, "ok i'm going," and headed once more for the door They paid no attention, they knew she'd return She knew it too, though it made her heart burn
What was it that kept her, from going away? What was it that made her stay? Though her heart was neglected, and her parents didn't care, The hearts that really needed loving, were theirs.
The End
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