It's in the eyes (child abuse challenge by marina response)

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Open Poetry #7

It's in the eyes (child abuse challenge by marina response)

jbowie
Member

since 2000-02-18

Posts 135
BANGOR (that OR) ME

0 posted 2000-04-20 11:05 PM

And as he sat down
he ignored his ministries
the child lay curled in a ball
smart enough not to cry
developing the same spark
seen in his father's eyes

A real man
kisses his children goodnight

Marina
Member Elite

since 2000-02-10

Posts 2245
Pickering, Ontario

1 posted 2000-04-20 11:10 PM

Very short and tremendously powerful. Such a short verse, yet it says so much. Thank you very much for posting this to our cause.

Marina

netswan
Senior Member

since 2000-03-28

Posts 1369
Washington

2 posted 2000-04-21 06:52 PM

Hi Jbowie, how did this powerful poem
get down to the bottom with only one
response?

Back to the top this goes.

Thanks for sharing.

netswan

Songbird
Member Elite

since 1999-12-15

Posts 2184
Missouri

3 posted 2000-04-21 08:06 PM

This short poem speaks volumns. If only the spark in the child eyes could be healed before he too ignites more sparks.

Marge Tindal

Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-06

Posts 42384
Florida's Foreverly Shores

4 posted 2000-04-23 12:09 PM

JBowie~
What a sad reflection of life
through the eyes of that child.

Your signature says volumes about
the father you are ... and that is
what your children will see.
How blessed.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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