Look what he's done to you
It isn't fair
Your light was bright and new
But he didn't care
He took the heart of a little girl
And made it grow up too fast
Kim sat on her bed flipping through her iPod. It switched to the song 'Broken Girl' by Matthew West. Immediately, memories came flooding back from her childhood. When she was seven, she was abused by her mother's boyfriend. He abused her in every way possible. Whether he was drunk or not, he would call her worthless, a mistake, an unwanted waste of space. He would beat her and take advantage of her every night. She had to protect and take care of herself at age seven. She grew up really fast.
Now words like "innocence"
Don't mean a thing
You hear the music play
But you can't sing
Those pictures in your mind
Keep you locked up inside your past
As she grew up, she was more on guard. She never told anybody what was going on. She tried so hard not to believe what he said to her. She desperately tried to remember that she was in this world for a reason. This was just a test. But the more she tried to keep it in her mind, the more it became less realistic. She hated feeling week and vulnerable. Throughout her life, she tried desperately to prove to people that she was strong.
This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You're not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don't have to stay the broken girl
When she was ten, she started taking karate at the black Dragons dojo. By age 14, she was a 2nd degree black belt. Even though he had left when she was 12, she still wanted to be able to protect herself and her friends.
When Jack Brewer came to town, she went to the Bobby Wasabi Dojo. Two months later, her tormenter came back. When he started hitting her again, she started cutting herself. She did her best to hide it from the guys, but Jerry was the one to figure it out. She was sparring with him one day. He grabbed her wrist and she yelped in pain. He gave her an odd look, then started pulling down her sleeve.
Those damaged goods you see
In your reflection
Love sees them differently
Love sees perfection
A beautiful display
Of healing on the way tonight
Tonight
This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You're not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don't have to stay the broken girl
He pulled down her sleeve, and almost started crying at what he saw. On her wrist were not just cuts. What he saw was 12 deep gashes that scared him. He looked her with tears in his eyes.
"Why are you doing this to yourself?" Jerry said.
"I-"She couldn't make the words come out. When she saw the tears in his eyes, she just wanted to lie and make him feel better. But she couldn't. Everything was out in the open and she couldn't turn back now.
"I'm sorry" That was all she could say. She wasn't expecting it when he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into a hug. They were both sobbing.
Let your tears touch to the ground
Lay your shattered pieces down
And be amazed by how Grace can take a broken girl
And put her back together again
For the next half hour, she told him everything. The abuse, how she had dealt with it before, and that the same guy came back. He just sat there, and listened. When she was done, she was full out sobbing, and so was he. About two hours later, Milton, Eddie, and Jack walked into the dojo and saw the two crying. They were all shocked .Milton was the first to speak.
"Holy Christmas Nuts! What happened to you guys?!" He exclaimed.
Jack was the one to notice the cuts. "K-Kim, what are those?" He asked, already knowing the answer, but hoping he was wrong.
So for another half hour, she told them everything. They were all speechless. Eddie ran into the boys locker room crying. Milton examined her wrist, and bandaged it up, careful not to hurt her. Jack was searching Kim's eyes, trying to figure out why she tried it. But Milton was the first person to ask.
"Why did you try to hide it?" He asked.
"I-I don't know. I didn't want you guys to worry. And knowing you guys, you would try to kill him, and wind up getting hurt." She said.
They all knew this was true. Kim was like a sister to all of them. And they all knew that the ones to go after him were Jack and Jerry. They were really protective of her. And that's why she loved her guys. They would do anything for her.
Eddie came back out, somehow with a corndog. He went up to Kim and gave her a hug.
"I'm sorry Kimmy." He said. They all gave her a hug, all of them crying.
2 days later, she reported her mother's boyfriend. Her mother went to jail as well, for verbally abusing a minor. Jerry told her that she could live with him and they started packing her stuff.
She was happier than she had been in a long time. She was free. She was loved. She was no longer the broken girl.
This is a song for the broken girl
The one pushed aside by the cold, cold world
You are
Hear me when I say
You're not the worthless they made you feel
There is a Love they can never steal away
And you don't have to stay the broken girl
You don't have to stay the broken girl
She was finally happy.