TRIGGER WARNING: domestic abuse, suicide, alcoholism

Her Lie in April (a 7 yr old girl POV)

My Mom is an angel

Her warm touch feels so gentle

She holds me dear

With Eyes of Crystal Clear

April it was when she made me a promise,

She will always be there for me and she will never vanish

It's her unbreakable Pinky Promise!

My dad is he who must not be named

He loves to drink a joyous juice

Every Night he makes my mom cry

Every Morning I ask my mom why

"Your dad is just sad sweetie" with a smile she reply

I look at her eyes and see through her lie

She's hiding her pain and I don't know why

The next day my dad feels sad again

so he punched my mom's angelic face

he smash her till she breaks

Tomorrow is my 7th birthday and then

I found my mom sleeping with a rope on her neck

I try to wake her up but she's up there in the ceiling

I asked my dad what's happening

He said with tears in his face, "Your mom is gone"

But I don't believe him because he is a drunk man

My mom won't leave me. She made me a promise

She will stay with me and never vanish

It's her unbreakable pinky promise.

Then now I grew up and found out it was a lie.

Her Lie was a final goodbye.

- Her Lie in April -