ABUSED   Broken hopes, broken dreams   Life ripped apart at the seams   Child lays bleeding on the ground   Father-the giver of pain   The innocent-the receiver   Apologies said yet the pain still lingers on the inside   Tearing, ripping, eating away   Child thinks it's their fault   Wondering what they did wrong   Threatened not to tell anyone   Children live in fear of their hero   The one they once looked up to is now their nightmare   Mothers stand in the shadows pretending nothing is wrong   How much longer will this go on until someone's life is taken?