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On Verbal Abuse ( Read it anyway)
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On Verbal Abuse ( Read it anyway) |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania 
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I know everone's sick of poems on abuse, but I found this on my hard drive, it might be helpful to somebody On Verbal Abuse Darker night than this has fallen In my mind’s obscurity Thicker clouds have left me lost In hazes of uncertainty Blinded was I once before By black of degradation’s shroud The sword to my submissiveness Was wielded at me clear and loud Entrapped in darkness were my eyes Unfit to see the simple truth I couldn’t look upward toward the sun So timid was I in my youth I never felt the pain until It finally came into my mind That I did not deserve dishonor Which had come to make me blind So difficult to break the chain I held my self esteem so low And nothing changed until one day I learned to voice the answer,”NO!” The greatest gift that can be given To one who’s self worth was the cost Is helping them to recognized Their former self that has been lost Elizabeth Santos |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
Elizabeth, this is sure to lift someone up and allow them the knowledge that it is OK to learn to say NO so that they will suffer in silence no longer... Thank you! |
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Wilfred Yeats Member Elite
since 2000-08-04
Posts 2704Wilmington, Delaware |
No one should feel they must submit to abuse - You wrote this very well - and I'm glad you posted it |
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EagleOne Member Elite
since 2000-03-07
Posts 2829Between a laugh and a tear... |
I Agree, this is well written and I'm glad you posted it. No form of abuse should be tolerated and only by bringing the subject out into the light will we ever be able to stop it, and help those involved.< !signature--> "The heart and soul have no illusion of boundries when friendship is the quest" ~ My Angel. [This message has been edited by EagleOne (edited 09-02-2000).] |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Abuse is abuse and should never be tolerated and you have penned it superbly my friend. I too am glad you posted it. |
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rosepetals25
since 2000-05-31
Posts 3076PA |
Elizabeth, "...The greatest gift that can be given To one who’s self worth was the cost Is helping them to recognized Their former self that has been lost..." What a powerful message. You have touched my heart with this poem and I'm sure many others. I'm very glad I stopped in. Thank you posting the poem. rp25 |
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Seymour Tabin Member Empyrean
since 1999-07-07
Posts 31720Tamarac Fla |
Elizabeth, No surprise to me, a wonderful poem. Love Sy |
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English Rose Member
since 2000-08-20
Posts 211Berkshire, England |
yes Elizabeth...very true, very true indeed. I too was the subject of both verbal and physical abuse in my childhood and even now, at 47, I find it hard to believe my worth. |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
Verbal abuse is entirely different from physical abuse - It's effects are very deep rooted, and the scars overwhelming... Yet the perpetrator has perhaps never laid a hand on the victim. You've done a good job here, Elizabeth - I commend you.. |
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Balladeer
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-05
Posts 25505Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA |
Write on, Miss Liz!!!! |
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Sudhir Iyer Member Ascendant
since 2000-04-26
Posts 6943Mumbai, India : now in Belgium |
Fantastic writing... please keep writing on the subject... regards O Liz, Sudhir |
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Elizabeth Santos Member Rara Avis
since 1999-11-08
Posts 9269Pennsylvania |
Thank you all so very much for reading and for your wonderful comments on this poem. I think verbal abuse is very common and it is degrading and can leave a person scarred for life. Incidentally, this poem is not about my parents, who were very, very loving and never said an unkind word to anybody. Thank you Liz |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Very nicely written Liz, with gentle and encouraging advice. I watched someone's self esteem whittle away to nothing through this form of abuse. It's taken years for her to come back from it ... an uphill battle. You've written this well. Best wishes, /Kit |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Liz--this is very powerful writing...I know what verbal abuse does to self esteem...only by talking about it can it be recognized as the evil that it is. Thank you for posting this, dear friend. |
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Auguste
since 2000-02-16
Posts 3953By the sea |
Liz, I couldn't agree more with what this has to say. You've done well here, my friend...very well. Take care. Michael Proust- "Love is space and time measured by the heart" |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
Indeed a great poem with an important message... It's hard today to unveil verbal abuse as it disguises itself in silence among its victims... Compared to physical abuse one may see the signs unfolding more easily... I have a g/f who was subjected to thisNsome throughout her early childhood N teenage years and now in mid-twenties the veil is removed and thru support a life new begins...  Coco |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
Well said Elizabeth. And an important topic. Dee |
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LM Senior Member
since 2000-08-03
Posts 585 |
Great message! Right on!!! |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
This is a poem that is so right. Let the message ring clear, no one has a right to make someone else suffer. Well done Elizabeth, a poem that needs to be read, and heard by everyone. Take care.  |
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American Princess Junior Member
since 2000-08-21
Posts 49USA |
Beautifully done! The subject is hard to read about but needs the light of day. Being told you are never good enough can shred your ego...takes a long time to overcome if you ever can..Wish I could write like this. American Princess It's only me, thinking out loud... |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
I didn't want to read it...but because of the "read it anyway" I did...and thank you Miss Elizabeth...I knew what I would find there...and oh 'tis true 'tis true...with a smile, a hug, and a thank you...I raise my coffee cup to ya this morn'... |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
You go girl!!! Kathleen |
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ethome Member Patricius
since 2000-05-14
Posts 11858New Brunswick Canada |
That tells it all so well Elizabeth...we're all individuals and deserve self respect and anyone taking that away from us is deserving of no respect. I know what you mean by the word NO it's so important to learn to use it with meaning and forcefulness. This poem is so well done!....I don't think you can ever write or say enough about it......take care ...ethome... |
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BloomingRose Member Elite
since 2000-08-09
Posts 3092Florida |
Elizabeth So true are your words. Deb |
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