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Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

0 posted 1999-09-09 10:09 PM

Stolen Innocence

You beat down my will,
stole my innocence,
ripped the tenderness from my soul.
I watched you assault my sister
Then lived through the brutality myself.

For years I thought I was to blame
for not being strong enough
to fight you off.
I could’ve screamed louder,
(would anyone have heard my pain?).
Should’ve kicked and hit a little more,
(would my 4 year old strength have been enough?).

I wished you dead.
And suddenly you were.

For years I thought I’d killed you with my hate.
It’s taken til now, to realize that you’d killed the little boy I was,
And the man I could’ve been.

Burn in hell, you bastard.

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I wrote this for one of my students. I only hope and pray that he will someday find peace with his past and forgiveness in his heart. His rage is tearing him apart and it kills me to watch his self destruction. May he find the strength to heal.

Balladeer

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since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

1 posted 1999-09-09 10:17 PM

Amen, Tara. You did a wonderful thing for him and he is fortunate to have you as his teacher.

hoot_owl_rn
Member Patricius

since 1999-07-05

Posts 10750
Glen Hope, PA USA

2 posted 1999-09-09 10:34 PM

Tara...I cried reading this. God Bless you and your student.

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"Nobody has measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold" ~Zelda Fitzgerald

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

3 posted 1999-09-09 10:42 PM

Oh wow, this is a heart ripper! You have done a good thing! I bet that is tough to watch the poor child go through this. God bless you both!

moonmoon
Member

since 1999-08-13

Posts 277
TX , USA

4 posted 1999-09-09 11:10 PM

OMG Tara..That was really heart wrenching..The way you put life to emotions with your pen is amazing.Your students are real blessed to have you...

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"No one was ever ruined from without;
The final ruin comes from within.".....Amelia E. Barr

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

5 posted 1999-09-09 11:58 PM

amen

Tara Simms
Senior Member

since 1999-08-12

Posts 1244
Honea Path, SC USA

6 posted 1999-09-10 12:15 PM

Thank you all for your comments. It astounds me to think of the cruelty mankind can bestow on one another. My prayers are with every child who has to suffer this kind of abuse, especially at the hands of one who is supposed to love them. Children are a gift, we should treat them as such.

RainbowGirl
Member Elite

since 1999-07-31

Posts 3023
United Kingdom

7 posted 1999-09-10 10:28 AM

"Children are a gift, we should treat them as such."...They certainly are!...

I cried as well reading this for the damage that is done and that still continues for your student.

HUGS

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You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Alwye

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since 1999-06-16

Posts 3850
In the space between moments

8 posted 1999-09-10 09:30 PM

So very powerful, and heart wrenching. I too am glad that boy has you for a teacher, Tara. Exellent, exellent work.

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*Krista Knutson*

Mockery is a form of ignorance; silence, a form of wisdom. -- Daniel L. Miller

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