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Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

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By the sea

0 posted 2001-03-25 04:01 PM

Stolen Childhoods

As shadows slither in the dark
across the hardwood floor,
a child in bed, with covers drawn
prays, "Please, no more, no more."

She is a child and innocent.
No mercy does it show.
A demon, dressed in shades of pain.
How slow her inches grow.

It threatens her, says do not tell,
so all she feels is shame.
If people knew the things it did,
they'd say she is to blame.

Each night, her pillow soaks up tears.
This boogeyman is real.
It is the dark of tortured dreams
with heart that cannot feel.

More closely does she covers draw,
when on the stairs, a creak.
This hellish specter, born of bile,
that feasts upon the weak.

If God exists, then slay this thing,
these precious ones, protect,
and rid the world of this disease
so it cannot infect.

Please heal the lives of all it touched
and bring their smiles again.
That it would dare to touch a child,
is the most heinous sin.

~Michael Auguste~

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

inot2B
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since 2000-09-18

Posts 2205
Arkansas

1 posted 2001-03-25 04:12 PM

I can't write the words that I feel, they are so vile they would be stricken from this forum.

"It threatens her, says do not tell,
so all she feels is shame.
If people knew the things it did,
they'd say she is to blame."

Why oh why do children have to suffer?

tradewind
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since 2001-03-25

Posts 101

2 posted 2001-03-25 04:32 PM

you have touched on a subject most people don't want to think about...you've made them think about it with this poem (and they should) you have brought to light the suffering of so many...an excellent poem
BRAVO!

Auguste

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since 2000-02-16

Posts 3953
By the sea

3 posted 2001-03-25 04:55 PM

inot2B and tradewind,

As parents, as human beings, it is our duty to protect these precious innocents and see to it that their childhoods never know such horrors. This was a very hard poem for me to write. I thank you both for reading this.

Michael

Proust-
"Love is space and time measured by the heart"

Dee
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since 2000-08-19

Posts 2330
Queensland, Australia

4 posted 2001-03-25 05:13 PM

Oh Michael. Thanks for writting what we all feel.

Dee

I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand

Martie

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since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

5 posted 2001-03-25 05:21 PM

Michael--So many children are hushed into silence still...thank you for shouting.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

6 posted 2001-03-25 07:35 PM

...and to continue Martie's thought, if I may, so many adults still have not brought their fears to light....

Butterflies_dont_cry
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since 2000-03-06

Posts 3733
Michigan

7 posted 2001-03-25 08:55 PM

I have no words to explain how this touched me...powerful writing~

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