Bruised and Scarred

Hello again. Here's another poem by me. This one is an angst type Ruki one. It tells of her father and how he abused her when she was young. This is an AU so forget anything you know about her father. R&R please.

Bruises

Scars

Still there after all of these years

All because of him

He did this to me

Slapped me

Punched me

For fun

I was his toy

Used when he was mad

I couldn't defy him

I was too young

And he would get even madder

One night he took it too far

Mother got involved

He threw her across the room

Told her to stay out of his business

Then came toward me with a bat

Come here he said

I won't hurt you

I knew better

But did anyway

First he slapped me

While telling me how worthless I was

I began to cry

The pain was too much

Then he raised the bat

I put my arms up in defense

(like it would do a lot of good)

Suddenly I heard a crack

I opened my eyes and looked

Dad was out cold on the floor

And mom was holding the remnants of a vase

She had saved me

We knelt down by him

And wondered what to do

When suddenly

His eyes shot open

And he grabbed mother's neck

Ruki, help

She gasped

I ran

He tried to grab me

But I was too quick

I knew that I had to do something

I ran through the rooms

And ended up in the kitchen

Something caught my eye

A big butcher knife on the counter

I grabbed it and ran back to the living room

He didn't notice me come in

He was too busy choking mother

I took the knife

And rammed it into the back of his neck

He let go of her

And rolled over

Blood seeping from the wound

I ran to mother

She held me close

And told me everything would be all right

I knew it wouldn't be

I had done wrong

Two months later there was a trial

We won but I was sent away for awhile

They thought I had problems

I came back after a few months

Not much they could do to a six year old

Life was different after that

And it's all his fault

No one knows my secret

Someday they will

But for now

I keep the scars hidden

After all these years

So what'd you guys think? Review it please.