This is a very important message; kids do come first…
Subject: "Daddy ... it hurts"
> This is A TRUE STORY AND IF YOU DON'T PASS THIS ON YOU DON'T HAVE A
> SOUL!!!
>
> My name is Chris,
> I am three,
> My eyes are swollen.
> I cannot see.
>
> I must be stupid,
> I must be bad,
> What else could have made,
> My daddy so mad?
>
> I wish I were better,
> I wish I weren't ugly,
> Then maybe my mommy,
> Would still want to hug me.
>
> I can't do a wrong,
> I can't speak at all,
> Or else I'm locked up,
> All day long.
>
> When I'm awake,
> I'm all alone,
> The house is dark,
> My folks aren't home.
>
> When my mommy does come home,
> I'll try and be nice,
> So maybe I'll just get,
> One whipping tonight.
>
> I just heard a car,
> My daddy is back,
> From Charlie's bar
>
> I hear him curse,
> My name is called,
> I press myself,
> Against the wall.
>
> I try to hide,
> From his evil eyes,
> I'm so afraid now,
> I'm starting to cry.
>
> He finds me weeping,
> Calls me ugly words,
> He says its my fault,
> He suffers at work.
>
> He slaps and hits me,
> And yells at me more,
> I finally get free,
> And run to the door.
>
> He's already locked it,
> And I start to bawl,
> He takes me and throws me,
> Against the hard wall.
>
> I fall to the floor,
> With my bones nearly broken,
> And my daddy continues,
> With more bad words spoken.
>
> 'I'm sorry!', I scream,
> But it's now much to late,
> His face has been twisted,
> Into a unimaginable sh ape.
>
> The hurt and the pain,
> Again and again,
> O please God, have mercy!
> O please let it end!
>
> And he finally stops,
> And heads for the door,
> While I lay there motionless,
> Sprawled on the floor.
>
> My name is Chris,
> I am three,
> Tonight my daddy,
> Murdered me.
>
> And you can help,
> Sickens me to the soul,
> If you read this,
> and don't pass it on.
>
> I pray for your forgiveness,
> You would have to be,
> One heartless person,
> Not to be affected,
> By this Poem.
>
> And because you ARE affected,
> Do something about it!
> So all I ask you to do,
> Is pass this on!
>
> IF YOU ARE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE!
> Post this as 'Daddy ... it hurts'
>
> If you do not send this to everyone you know
> Then you obviously don't care about child abuse.
> At first I thought this was just a chain letter
> and I wasn't going to send it either,
> but now I realize that this is an important situation.
> At least 5 children each day from around the world die from child
> abuse.