The Girl's Gift

The Girl’s Gift



There was once a girl who had the most beautiful voice a person could hear

When this girl was born, they knew she was special



They were right, she was special, and a gift was given to her

She could sing like no other, no equal ever came close



She was so gifted; her parents changed her name to a more,

Suitable name to suit her gift



They were assuming her voice would last forever

Their assumption was wrong, couldn’t be any further from the truth



This child’s parents were very proud of their daughter,

But the question is, was the child proud of her voice



No, she wasn’t proud of her voice, she was furious

She resented her voice and even her new name



She eventually grew to resent her parents,

And even her unnatural gift



Her singing became forced, no one could tell though,

But she could, no one else



She stopped practicing, her parents willed her to practice,

So she started practicing again, against her will



Eventually, she realized her parents loved her voice more than they loved her

She didn’t realize though that her voice is what keeps her family together;

    Without that voice; her family would soon fall apart



One day, she became mad at her parents,

Who had forced her to sing for hours on end



And in her anger, she made a decision that still haunts her to this day

She would give up her voice; her parents would love her, but not her voice

  Or so she thought



So she began to pray and ask for someone to take her voice away from her so that her parents would love her instead of her voice



Little did she know, her prayer was answered during the night after she fell asleep praying

The next day, her father came in and wished her a good morning, expecting a reply, he waited, he never, 

Got one



She tried to say it back, only to find out she couldn’t, her voice was gone



Her prayers were answered

Did she really want this prayer to be answered?



Her parents rushed her to he hospital, to try to save her voice

It was all in vain, her voice was gone forever



The doctors couldn’t find anything wrong with her

Everything was fine, according to the doctors



But everything wasn’t fine

Everything was going horribly wrong



What was certain before she lost her voice

Was shed into oblivion and replaced with uncertainty when she lost it



Everything went downhill from there

Even the smallest thing



It seemed that this child’s voice was more than just an ordinary voice

It kept her family from falling apart



Now it has been lost

And the family is already splitting apart



The parents got angrier

They started fighting



The dad started drinking,

And began abusing his wife and eventually his own daughter



They both became scared and was planning on leaving

Before it got too late



It was already too late,

By a mile



This continued on for weeks without any change

Until they were unrecognizable



Bruises, swollen eyes, broken wrists

You name it, they had it



And it was all because she lost her voice,

Forever



They didn’t go anywhere

For fear people would ask questions



Blood was everywhere, they could barely see

They were both going to die



By a man who they once loved but now hate

Who was once a father but now a beast of rage



The daughter of the beast, began to pray once more

Hoping that whoever answered her prayer that gave up her voice, would answer this one as well



One last hit; one last kick

And they would surely be dead



The daughter of the beast began to scream her unheard scream

But this time, this scream was heard



They were all surprised she could scream which meant she could talk, which meant she could sing

The daughter of the beast realized this and began to sing one last time



Her song was full of Sorrow, Grief and Death

She never finished her song; she was strangled by her father before she could



As the last note died of the first verse

She was no longer alive, neither was the beast’s wife



The beast that was once a man,

Became a man once more



He realized what he had done,

But it was already too late



The damage has already been done,

And can’t be taken back



The man who was a beast that was originally a man,

Couldn’t live with himself any longer and took a gun and pulled the trigger



The gun dropped carelessly to the floor

There was no one left to care



And so the man that was once a beast

The daughter of the beast, the wife of the beast

Ceased to exist



The daughter of the beast’s song can still be heard

Throughout the house



Other people can hear it

And everyone that hears it runs from fright with shivers down their spine



They are afraid, afraid what’s been done in the Past

Afraid of what they hear in her last song



The last song, the song that was never finished

Haunts whoever hears it



It was all because of her unnatural voice

How her parents loved her voice more than they loved her