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Open Poetry #13

shhhh be quiet

Kay
Member

since 2001-04-13

Posts 70

0 posted 2001-04-25 03:52 PM

shhhh don’t say anything,
no one can know
and so you obey
you are a babe in the woods
but you learn to fight
you learn to crawl your way up
from physical abuse and you grow..
you win?

You think?

shhhh don’t say anything
no one can know about you!
once again, you obey.....
not one hand laid upon you
and you learn to trust
and you learn to love
and you run in joy because you believe
it's only for you?
Oh!  You are a babe!
and now, you live…with emotional abuse
and which is worse?

You begin to believe you are someone
to be hidden in a corner; away from the world,
unworthy, unrecognized and forgotten.
Stop lying to yourself!
You deserve center stage.

Which is worse?
The scars on your body or the
wounds of your spirit?
The former or the latter?

The latter, my friend, the latter.

[This message has been edited by Kay (edited 04-25-2001).]

RMW
Senior Member

since 2001-03-21

Posts 1424

1 posted 2001-04-25 04:18 PM

Kay.... Pain felt. Bob

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

2 posted 2001-04-25 05:36 PM

This is a good expression of your pain...James

BrightStar
Member

since 2001-04-08

Posts 219

3 posted 2001-04-25 05:36 PM

Shhh, don't tell anyone ... others have the same scars. Wanna compare?

Interloper

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2001-04-25 05:37 PM

What Bob said....

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.

JLR
Senior Member

since 2001-02-04

Posts 1785

5 posted 2001-04-25 05:52 PM

Well written and an interesting question. Personally, I agree that physical scars fade sooner than do verbal, emotional ones. Be well.

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