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Night Falls (For child abuse awareness)
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Night Falls (For child abuse awareness) |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Shivering.... As footsteps fall. They're coming close... Hoping they will pass. The door knob moves... "Go away" she prays. He enters softly... Her body stiff. He pulls back the covers... "NO MORE!" she screams. His hands pull her closer... There is no sound. He lays with her... She is not there. Somewhere in the night, A child plays in her mind, As her body can not escape. |
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Dawn Eclipse Senior Member
since 2000-01-31
Posts 637The Horsehead Nebula |
Wow. This is a very strong piece. Child Abuse is a horrible thing. "It is in our aloneness that we recognize our oneness, even as the single droplet of water knows also that it is the sea."Daniel *Cassie Roseen* |
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Marina Member Elite
since 2000-02-10
Posts 2245Pickering, Ontario |
Marilyn I can relate to this very well. A truly powerful piece which just made me want to yell stop! So much fear placed upon those who can not help themselves. Thank you so very much for posting to our cause. Marina |
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tracie66 Member Elite
since 2000-01-18
Posts 4713Australia |
Marilyn~ Thanks for this, very intense poem and sooo extremely sad. Tracie~ Keep all the windows of your mind open Anne Rooks |
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Dark Angel Member Patricius
since 1999-08-04
Posts 10095 |
This is very good Marilyn and very intense... Well Done !  What comes from the heart goes to the heart. Samuel Coleridge |
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Horrifyingly real, Marilyn.... |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
Thankyou all for reading and replying. This was written to be horrifyingly real so that we might put ourselves in the place of this child. If we shut out the misery that occurs in the night how can we ever fight it? If we turn our heads and wish it gone, how can we defeat this monster? Fight hard for those who can not. Stand strong for those who haven't the strength. Scream loud for those who's voices have been muted. Love deeply for those who have never know the meaning of true love. Never forget, lest we become what we dispise. |
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First__Knight Senior Member
since 1999-11-08
Posts 678 |
Scary......very much so......And well done Marilyn. Nice to see you A man does not love a woman because she is beautiful...But she is beautiful because he loves her. |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
God bless you for this, Marilyn. As 'real' as it seems to us, the reader, imagine the reality to the child who lives it. Yes, we need to be the diligent eyes and voice of the innocent children. Love to you, hon. ~*Marge*~ ~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~ noles1@totcon.com |
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netswan Senior Member
since 2000-03-28
Posts 1369Washington |
Oh, Marilyn, more tears for my eyes as another poem bursts through the pain of an unprotected child ----yet, it amazing how the mind can help you continue to be strong. Beautifully done. netswan |
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