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By Katie Busby

screaming 

crying

slamming doors 

words thrown back and forth 

between a man and a wife

how could you do this

i'm sorry

ear to the wall she listened

 words too much for her adolescence to comprehend

pummeling her young mind

but she knew what was about to happen

she fled up the stairs to her room 

obscured in her closet

she broke

tears drawn out of her poor, innocent eyes

she clenched her tiny fists around her most prized possession 

her ballerina barbie 

thoughts screaming in her ears

this can't be happening

not to me 

not to my family

a little girl 

only ten years old

with innocence ripped away

felt her first of so many heart breaks 

a broken family