DragonDamsel – This is what I believe Charlotte might have thought when she ran away. Although, I've known from the start that Charlotte's hopes of pride and understanding from her parents is impossible, I never expect her to run away. Then again her father is very harsh and frankly he could be kin to both Grummage and Jaggery. Those bastards! Anyway, please enjoy this (not good) poem.
Disclaimer: Avi wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, not me
Good bye, Father
This isn't a life for me
I might have stayed
If only you'll see
I can't simply be
What I once was
Oh dearest Father,
You've done me wrong
Do you care not
Of what happen to me?
The truth is right before you
And you have claimed
That it's all in my mind
Unnatural tales . . .
Oh how wrong I was
About your gentle self
And how right I was
About Jaggery and you
No such thing as justice
For frauds like you
My voyage to the truth
Could have been a memory
I could have stayed
But not in misery
Spellings and Grammars
That's what important
Not my life
Not justice for all
If only you've tried
Only a little
Acceptance of truth
Is all I ask
Stations are important
I do understand
The whole world
Don't have to know
Just know this
My heart is true
And restitution is
Greater than orders
What have I been to you?
An addition to your commerce?
Apart from stations and money
What do you care for?
You don't even know
Of the brewing troubles
That all the others know
No choice for me
I don't mind being a lady
But you'll just have to see
I'm not what I once was
An ignorant doll
What do you care for?
Not me, not me