Abuse (Repost for Child Abuse challenge)

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Open Poetry #7

Abuse (Repost for Child Abuse challenge)

Mistikman
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since 2000-01-10

Posts 682
San Jose, CA, USA

0 posted 2000-04-20 06:46 PM

"I'll give you something to cry about"
Are the words that he did shout
As he walked over to silence me
Maybe his fist would stop my plea

What had I done to deserve this fate?
What had I done to deserve his hate?
He had lashed out at me before
But this time even my face was sore

If only I had cleaned my room
Pick up and push the broom
Then I wouldn't be the target of rage
Forced into this emotional cage

I wailed louder and louder
His victory made him prouder
He had won and I had lost
He did not know at what cost

I came into school the next day
Black and blue, to teacher's dismay
She asked me about the bruises
She asked me about any abuses

I was unsure of what she meant
So to the office I was sent
There I was examined head to toe
To find all the marks that show

I felt like an utter disgrace
Not wanting to show my face
For at the ripe age of eight
I still held my father to be great

I was unaware that he was wrong
I was weak and he was strong
His will was always right
He was my guiding light

Charges against my father weren't brought
Maybe they would if I had fought
But I was young and afraid
I was just a kid in second grade

LoveBug

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since 2000-01-08

Posts 4697

1 posted 2000-04-20 06:49 PM

Mistik, this is a good description of a terrible situation. I'm sorry it had to happen to you, but I hope writing this helped you.

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde

Marina
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since 2000-02-10

Posts 2245
Pickering, Ontario

2 posted 2000-04-20 06:52 PM

Thank you very much for posting this one. Yoo many unhappy childhoods, and not enough help to go around. Challenge very well met.

Marina

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

3 posted 2000-04-20 06:56 PM

Well written poem about a sad situation. James

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27

Posts 3263

4 posted 2000-04-20 07:03 PM

This is heartbreaking...and so well shared. Thank you.

~ Claire

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