Please Don't Let Them See

Please Don't Let Them See by Linda M Hill

Please don't let them see I'm shaking inside Covering up the bruises I try so hard to hide Standing at this blackboard I can only pray No one can see the marks Where Dad beat me yesterday Please don't let them see The tears filling my eyes Or they may see through My many little lies Daddy hits me every day I promised not to tell He said he would kill me That I'd burn in hell Please don't let them see The nites I spend alone Hungry and scared Mommy and Daddy gone Daddy comes home drinking Staggering everywhere Sometimes I close my eyes And pretend he isn't there Please don't let them see The aching scars within Or they may also notice The welps on my skin I must be so careful I can't let anyone know The emotions I carry with me The darkness I can't show Daddy hits me every day I promised not to tell He said he would kill me That I'd burn in hell