R.I.P.

by Artemis Moon

Her heart was pounding.
Her face was bleeding.
Her father was drinking.
Now she is dying.

Does anyone care?
Do they miss her?
Just a child,
soon to be gone.

What happened?
The people ask.
What happened to that little girl?

Her father beat her.
Her mother slapped her.
Her brother raped her.
No one cared for her.

Rest in peace.
Three simple words.
Yet nothing can replace 
the words she never heard:
I LOVE YOU.