A damaging & angry tongue!!

A Damaging & Angry Tongue

I wonder how it is that he can speak to her

With words seemingly laced with hate
The icy coldness of his tongue
Hold such a heavy weight

The weight of words he's chosen
Keep her down knocked to the ground
The sharpness of his savage words
Are both nasty and unsound

I wonder if he remembers
Her little fingers & her toes
If he remembers her little rose but lips
And her little button nose

I wonder if he remembers
When she first called him dad
If he remembers how he cuddled her
When she was a little sad

I wonder if he wonders
About the bitterness of his ways
I wonder if he realizes
The damage of all he says

The rawness of this wound he's caused
Will start to settle soon
The crust will harden a scar will form
The relationships set for doom

Is there nothing there within him
That can see & change his ways
Is there nothing that will shock him
And save him from this darkened days

If he doesn't try make some peace
For this tongue inflicted pain
It may just get too late change
And salvage what remains

By KMF

It saddens me when I hear unkind, derogatory words spoken to anyone but especially when I hear these words coming from the mouths of a child's very own parents. I wrote this poem after I had been to Dreamworld & heard a father berate his daughter (all of about 6) and called her a "stupid cow". I wanted to grab that child, hold her & tell her that his words were not true. That she was not this horrible thing her father was calling her but instead I just leered at her father to let him know that I had heard what he had said.
Why do parents do this to their children? It is sickening. I kept thinking of that moment all day & many times since and feel terribly for that little girl. What must life be like for her?