Old poetry

HAH, I was researching a bit of stuff I used to write.. and I found a site with some older poetry on it... shocker ot me... I Didn't know I had any poetry out there!

So now I post for others to critique...

Poem 1:
Time and space

One little boy sits to the side
Bleeding and bruised, wishing he would die
His father is yelling, rage all around
As he sits there, slumped to the ground

He knows not what to do
A young boy, a heart so true
No matter what he does, he gains bruises more and more
If only he could do something to even the score

Thoughts run through his head
His mother lying there, bruised and dead
Only a dream, he tells himself
His father better not, or else

He thinks of school children as they go by
Then his life flashes before his eyes
All the fun times he had with his family
Getting sick from loading up on candy

It seems as nothing in this week has gone right
Everything he's done ended up with a fight
The boy at school with the mean right hook
And the principal about that apple he took

The girl he liked telling him that he's trash
Or his mother telling him their out of cash
Why can't his life be better than this
Kinda like how people explain their first kiss

Sweet and gentile, warm and nice
Apples and peaches, sugar and spice
Butterflies and flowers
Sweet throughout the hours

But no, not him
In a family full of sin
One full of anger above all others
One that always was blood covered

He was jolted back to reality by a smack to the face
If only there was someone to take his place
A dark little puppy, so worn out
From fighting and scampering and running about

He blacks out from the tremendous pain
A little life with all but gain
All he needs is a wonderful place
Everything as well as time and space

Poem 2:

The Night

You give a promise
I accept such fate
I hope you are truthful
Or I find out before it's too late

You answer my questions
I ask because I don't know
You help me understand
The side I cannot show.

I wonder if anyone can hear me
When I scream out loud
I wonder if you understand me
When I slump not so proud

So now you tell me
That it will never happen with you
But can I see into your heart
A heart so wholesome and true

I can read what you say
Without much of my own
I hope you can understand me
With what I have shown

I give to you my heart
Open without a care
I show it to you because
This embrace is not a dare

Please protect me with your love
And show me it is alright
I am scared of what may become
Without my shield so tight