His mother never loved him
She only wanted girls
So aged two, under the stairs
He was thrown, he was hurled
As young as he was
He knew the love was gone
For his mother was cold
Heartless for so very long
He never went to school
Or had friends of his own
No one knew he existed
It was he and the stairs alone
He once found a little teddy
A small brown fluffy bear
The only thing he owns
The bear had love to share
He often sits and listens
To happy voices in the house
He hears his mother chatting
His sisters playful shouts
His sisters were told of him
A secret never to be told
"For if you do, bad things will happen"
His mother tells with a voice of scold
Life went on, his sisters unaware
Of their brothers fighting spirit
Fading fast under the stairs
The sheer loneliness had hit
One day he listened with intent
To the school day morning rush
All the chatter and getting ready
Before he's left with the hush
But today something changed
One sister told of something she forgot
He heard her gentle footsteps
Then heard the click of the stair lock
A girl with a kind worried face
Looked upon her sad little brother
"You must run away once we've gone"
An understanding passed from one to another
With that she smiled and quickly left
She closed the door and all was still
The boy under the stairs just sat there
Left wondering...did he have the will?
He must have sat there for at least an hour
Just wondering what to do next
Where would he go?...what to say?
His mind of 7 was all perplexed
He picked up fluffy brown bear
Held him in his small hands
Stepped out of his home under the stairs
Into the hall of the house he stands
He walks around the home he never knew
He saw the books, clothes and toys
All in pretty colours of pinks and lilacs
This was no place for little boys
Then he spots the photographs
Pictures of a normal and happy family
A proud mother with her three girls
He thinks "why did mummy never love me?"
That's when he turns his back
Leaves behind the house and stairs
He knows not what the future holds
His little mind of 7 is unaware
Stepping out into the sunshine
It caresses his little face
Thinking his life cannot be worse
Than it was inside that place
Wearing only his scruffy pyjamas
Teddy in his hand, he walks with care
To the future there now in front of him
It's goodbye to the boy under the stairs
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@RichWithey yes that's it. I was trying to think of it. But that mother was way crueller than this. It was a trilogy if I remember right. Nasty stuff. 😥
@RichWithey yep totally agree. These people are wired differently it's not a crime that could possibly be understood. Sometimes I think there's a case for corporeal punishment. 😔
@maeheleneflynmolly @leelee101 @Stablish @RichWithey ....a big mwah for all your kind comments...yep I read the child called IT...there were 3 I believe...I couldn't read all 3...saddens me that people can be so utterly cruel to children...something I feel very strongly about indeed....this idea came from an amalgamation of child cruelty we hear about daily and the work that the Jubillee Trust do regarding the one child policy in China...every year god knows how many little girls are abandoned, either dead or dying as many want a son instead of a daughter...I thought I would just change the preference of the gender in this write....thank you all so very muchly❤❤❤❤❤❤
@eddie12309 the comment I just posted my lovely was meant to have included you too my sweet...but I couldn't have tapped hard enough...❤❤
@maeheleneflynmolly @@Stablish @leelee101 @Vicky @IndiiaSparrow...thank you all so much for the kind RP ...mwahs to you all 💋
@misslittleDHP bless I was just reading it. Thought is upset you 😥 lol. I read an horrific case recently about a forced termination in China because of the one child policy. I just can't get my head round it. 😔
@eddie12309 it's just awful....I watched this documentary about how Jubillee trust workers went undercover to Chinese orphanages...it literally broke my heart...I also saw that story about the forced abortion...I just don't know how they justify it....anything with kids truly upsets me, I feel sick at what people are capable with a young life in their hands...it defies words 💔💔💔💔
You wrote this brilliantly cruelty like this leaves me speechless, it makes me feel sick to my stomach 😔
HARRY POTTER ALSO LIVED UNDER THE STAIRS AND WAS NEVER LOVED! OMG I'M SUCH A HARRY POTTER FREAK GARRHHHH fangirl faint 😱😲
You're welcome... Really wish I could save all these children, I have an abundant amount of love to replace all that they've been denied... I believe there are angels and demons there is a heaven and a hell and people like this will get their judgment.
@chy me tooooo Hun ....such people will get their judgement day...I adore kids that's why I had six of my own and loved working with them too...it kills me to think they are hurt on a daily basis and worldwide....like all the civil wars etc...again it's the children who suffer...so so sad💔💔💔
@hiddenartist372 @ashhkat @dogheart ...THANKYOU all so very much my lovelies...very chuffed that this has been liked as I wrote it for all those who suffer and maybe didn't get their happy ending😔😔
I deleted opuss on my iPhone but forgot I had it on my iPod. But I guess I should say my final good bye to all.😥
@michellebell well one good reason is this Opussian family will be missing a member...if you are just not enjoying the experience then I can understand..but if you still enjoy to write then maybe stick around a while...if you decide to still leave my sweet...then I wish you luck in all that you do...I won't say goodbye as I hate goodbyes but bye for now...take care Hun xx❤💚❤💚❤
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