A Battered Childs Prayer

Please Dear God
Keep me safe tonight
Just incase my daddy comes
Home and wants to fight

Please take care of
My mommy too
I don't like seeing her
Beat black and blue

I can't understand why
My daddy is always mad
Even though we're good
He always said we're bad

My mommy works
From morning to night
Just to please daddy
So he won't want to fight

I wish we would leave
And get a new home
But mommys says it's
Too soon to make
It on our own

And mommy always says
Our tomorrows will be brighter
But only if daddy changes
Will our burdens become lighter

So please Dear God
Make everything alright
I would really like to live
To see morning's light