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um_idk
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0 posted 2006-09-27 10:41 PM


since i was little ive kept this all botled up inside
but now ive gotta let it all out
and let you no how just i fell
even though years have passed since you have been that person
i still remember all the things you use to do
and i still feel the pain i use to feel
now after all this time of keepin it inside of me
i am hateing you for it and paying for it each and everydayi still remeber those nights when i would lay on the bathroom floor and cry
cry while hearin you yell and beat my mother
i still remember wakin up the next morning and seeing bruises around my mothers beautifullbrown eyes
i still remember how the fear i felt
fear to come home and go trough another night of abusing
and you think everything is ok now
but it will never be ok
these scars will forever be in my mind
i will always remember what you have done
ive tryed to get over the feelings i feel
but the more i try the more hate and pain i feel
every time i try to talk to you you push me away
you say the past is the past
but for me father the past is my present and my future
and i will never forget it

i wrote this for my step dad not for my real


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Kira Aso
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1 posted 2006-09-27 11:21 PM


This brought tears to my eyes.
I can't say I relate to it on the same level but I really understand the feeling behind your poem. Very moving...Kira.

um_idk
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2 posted 2006-09-27 11:23 PM


thank you much
Midnitesun
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Gaia
3 posted 2006-09-27 11:29 PM


No one was born to be a punching bag,
and no child should ever have to see or hear such abuse.
And if this is your personal experience? I offer you warm heart hugs; but don't let your anger eat you up, fill you with hatred...it's better to talk or write it out. And hopefully, someone took legal and physical steps to stop this abuse.


um_idk
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4 posted 2006-09-27 11:38 PM


awww thanx
but its all over now
i hope


aziza
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5 posted 2006-09-28 01:14 AM


You know, your poem was sad -- but I am glad you are writing.  It takes so much time to move on.  Maybe you will never forgive -- and if you do, you will never forget.  The fact is, I think we wear these memories like battle scars.  Each one hurts sometimes when it rains, but we know in time the pain will grow less and, though we will always know those scars are there, we will move on a bit more from them.  

Please, please, please keep writing.  One thing that helped me as a victim of family molestation was to write and talk.  I freely speak to people about how I grew up.  Not everyone, but I speak out at events like "Bring Back the Night" to let people know that we are real victims.  But, that does not make us weak.  It can make us powerful.

Your writing is power.  I say keep writing.  Don't hide how you feel, let that feeling be heard -- that is a step to moving on.  That's how I see it anyway.

Just remember one thing, he does not control you.  You control you and you can make it with or without him in your life.  Only you can decide which it will be.

I wish you all the luck .. and sorry for the letter here.  Your poem moved me on many different levels.

Alison

passing shadows
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displaced
6 posted 2006-09-28 01:26 AM


to you
anwaarhassan
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7 posted 2006-09-28 01:52 AM


Hope the present and the future hold great promise for one who has suffered much...Wish you all the best. YOur poem was written with great feeling and depth !!
um_idk
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8 posted 2006-09-29 03:10 PM


thanks dont even no yous but that ment alot
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