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Essay / Always Alone - 596
1 Hiding in a corner,2 You're just a beginner.3 Covering your eyes with your little hands,4 Trying not to look at all the old marks.5 The watching you watch from across the room,6 You wish you could still smell your mother's sweet perfume.7 You curl into a little ball,8 While the footsteps are a herd coming from down the hall.9 You think to a fun day where all you do is play.10 Until you look into that scary man's face,11 You stop and wish your life had never started.12 You wonder about the rage of this wicked man,13 And why he would harm a child your age.14 Now he is closer than he has ever been,15 looking at you with that stupid smile.16 holding back his tears and trying to hide the pain,17 you are just a little child but he tricks you into taking responsibility.18 holding your neck in one hand and your wrist in the other,19 You try very hard to scream at the help your brother.20 Dad looks down and says, “It’s just you and me today.” »21 You look back at him and say “PLEASE GO!” »22 He laughs and laughs and laughs again,...