Copyright 2000-2001
Khristi Thompson

~Little Boy Billy~

Little boy Billy reaches out his battered hand, trying to hold on to what's left of his wretched life. At the age of 16 he's been through more turmoil than anyone should have to go through. Bloody and beaten, neglected and mistreated, locked away from the world. No friends to confide in, no one to run to, no one willing to help.
As result of seclusion all self-confidence, esteem, dreams, hopes and aspirations are gone with out a trace. Things could've been different; it didn't have to be this way. If only someone would have taken the time to help. Little boy Billy reaches out his battered hand and no one is there to help him. He sinks deeper and deeper into his own personal hell. One day, Billy, angry and confused, looks up at the sky and asks questions that remain unanswered, pulls out a knife and says, "Dad, this is for you"
*Billy's pain is gone now and he no longer has to cry. If only someone would have helped him, he wouldn't have had to die.*