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The Night Before Christmas (Revised)
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Sad T'was the night before christmas, and all through the world,
Not a person was thinking of this little girl.
She lives her life alone and so scared,
She's always been looking for someone who cared.
Tears soaked her pillows as she lay in bed,
While visions of suicide danced in her head.
With mom at her boyfriend's, and dad out of town,
Nobody would notice if she weren't around.
She got out of bed and made a slight clatter,
She went to the garage to look for a ladder.
She looked at the window, thoughts hit with a clash,
Thoughts of the things she could do with the glass.
The moon up above was lighting the sky,
She thought of what it must be like to die.
When what in her wondering eyes should appear,
She wiped at face as it filled with her tears.
The kids at her school played another mean trick,
And thinking about it was making her sick.
They followed her home, throwing rocks as the came,
While cussing and shouting and calling her name.
Fat, stupid, and ugly, a bitch and a slut,
The names didn't stop when till she slammed the door shut.
She ran down the stairs, and into a wall,
She fell to the ground, and curled into a ball.
She stayed in that place, alone, safe inside,
She stayed in that corner, she wept and she cried.
Her shirt and her blouse were completely soaked through,
Her sleeves and the carpet were wet with tears, too.
The ladder she found, she put up to the roof,
Life just became so hard, that's the truth.
They said she was ugly and short like an elf,
She knew they were right, she hated herself.
So hurt by the words that the other kids said,
Their mean little jokes made her wish she was dead.
Her thoughts were a blur as she went to her work,
Up onto the roof, and she turned with a jerk.
The ladder fell backwards, her only way down,
Too late to go back, or to turn around.
She stood to her feet and she looked around,
Her roof was quite high, quite far from the ground.
She yelled then she jumped and she closed her eyes tight,
'Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!'
-Lo Ruhamah
