A domestic violence shelter has shared a child's heartbreaking letter to Santa, detailing how he was left fearing his father.

According to SafeHaven of Tarrant County, Texas, the letter was found in the backpack of a seven-year-old child who is staying in a domestic violence shelter with his mother.

Read the full letter below.

The boy, identified only as Blake, wrote how "dad got everything he wanted" before asking Santa for some new books for Christmas.

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The full letter read:

"Dear Santa,

We had to leave our house. Dad was mad. We had to do all the chores. Dad got everything he wanted.

Mom said it was time to leave and she would take us to a safer place where we don’t have to be scared.

Chevron Right Icon 'Are you going to come this Christmas?'

I’m still nervous. I don’t want to talk to the other kids.

Are you going to come this Christmas? We don’t have any of our stuff here.

Can you bring some chapter books, a dictionary, and a compass and a watch?

I also want a very, very, very good dad. Can you do that, too?

Love, Blake."

The shelter shared the letter on Facebook in hopes of raising money for other families.

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