Don't Hurt Me

“Don't hurt me” I beg. What have I done? I'm too young to have caused you such anger, such malice, such greed. Why to me do you do this deed? I was born to love, not to be shamed. Whatever your problems, I am not to blame. I cry out, only you hear. Do you not care, do you not see that the harm you cause me someday may be, that which I do to another, your grandchild, your niece, maybe your brother. Break the curse, make a change. The lives you might ruin, you would be to blame. Don't pass this down to me for me to carry on, all of this can be stopped now dead in its tracks, make the change, don’t turn your back. Please stop, now before you see, another child, under my hand saying “Don’t hurt me.”