Help Me
What are
those marks David?"
(Help me)
"I said
what are those marks"
(Help me)
"Where did
the bruises come from?"
(Help me)
"They look
like fingers"
(Help me)
"Large fingers,
adult fingers"
(Help me)
"Is that
a burn? Oh my god!"
(Help me)
"David is
that a cigarette burn?"
(Help me)
"These cuts
on your back"
(Help me)
"They're
all too uniform, so fresh"
(Help me)
"How are
things at home?"
(Help me)
"You know,
with your parents?"
(Help me)
"Do you
need to talk to someone?"
(Help me)
"Is it too
painful to say?"
(Help me)
"I can arrange
council for you"
(Help me)
"Just say
the word"
(Help me)
"There are
tears in your eyes"
(Help me)
"We can
help you David"
(Help me)
"We want
to help you David"
(Help me)
"What do
you say?"
(Help me)
"David!
I said what do you say?"
"I'm fine,
its nothing."
(Help me,
please somebody help me)
Copyright © Terry Stephen Driscoll 2002