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Angel
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0 posted 2001-06-04 08:53 PM


She glances at him with I couldn't care less eyes
He stares through her, his mind, heart and mouth
Embodied by a never ending stream of lies

Why should she care, she's seen it all before
He'll get over it soon enough, he always does
But first he'll put a fist through the door

He does this, things follow close to the plan
She knew it would be this way, usually is
She watched their fight before it even began

And from the other room comes a scream
A third partner in a relationship gone bad
Awakening into the worst of a bad dream

And so the tiny tot, she still sheds her tears
Her parents scream, ignorance is still bliss
She weeps, as she has done for many years

Then the sound comes, cries are let out
Only this time it's not the door that got hit
A neighbor calls to see what it's all about

Too bad she's too late, her nightmare is done
The baby, she is quiet, as now she realizes
Her life is over before it has truly begun

He comes for her next, her fear still grows
She may be only two, but that face she knows
Tears streaming down, in her crib she's froze

He looks, his little girl, all his joy and his pride
He takes her life, said to be painless and quick
Then he fell to his knees and to the sky he cried

And still somehow I just can not quite cope
With the fact that I heard the screams and shouts,
That I could have been her only hope

~*~Born to Blossom and Bloom to Perish~*~

© Copyright 2001 Susan Acacio - All Rights Reserved
Irish Rose
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1 posted 2001-06-04 10:30 PM


You've written things no child should have to witness....bless you!

Kathleen Blake

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey."
Laurie Lee


JamesMichael
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2 posted 2001-06-05 05:06 PM


A sad situation...I have a suggestion for a title...."Run" or "Run While You Can".  James
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Deep in the heart
3 posted 2001-06-05 05:18 PM


I'm sorry I read this. I hope it is fiction. I was going to pass it by but felt strangely compelled to respond.
I feel rage at the man and anger for the woman.  Rage at his inhumanity and anger for her failure to take action before the irretrievable loss of her child.  
I pray it is fiction.

Fool, said my Muse to me, look in thy heart and write. Philip Sidney (1554-1586) Loving in Truth


brian madden
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ireland
4 posted 2001-06-05 06:14 PM


powerful write I too hope its fiction..

"caught in the middle," or even to pun "Cot in the middle"

"Build a man a fire, he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life". Terry Pratchett

Saunni
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since 2000-07-11
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West Virginia
5 posted 2001-06-05 08:01 PM


Oh, goodness, this is sad beyond belief! It's awful what children have to face sometimes. I don't have a title to help you out, but I feel for you.

Sauni

Sauni :)
Have you ever known the color grey when the nighttime finds you weak
I have, I've walked that road each time; that's where my angel sleeps

Watersign6
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since 2001-05-25
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Hurricane,WV
6 posted 2001-06-05 09:47 PM


i wrote one similar to this called "Get out this time" i will have to dig it out of my poetry book and post it here soon,its very sad but you have captured it well  
Angel
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Posts 551
Pennsylvania
7 posted 2001-06-06 04:02 PM


First off, thank you all for your concern but the poem is completely fiction. I have a wonderful home life.

Irish Rose,
Thank you for your concern and reading.

JamesMichael,
Thank you for your suggestions. My friend suggested "Lost Hope" and although it's simple I think it works for this piece.

Interloper,
I guess I did my job because those were just the feelings I was after. I was hoping the rhyme didn't take away from the piece because I have learned from experience that tends to happen when I rhyme. Thanks.

brian madden,
Thank you for your suggestions. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Saunni,
Thank you for your concern as well.

Watersign6,
Thank you. I will look forward to reading it.

~Susie

~*~Born to Blossom and Bloom to Perish~*~

Sven
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East Lansing, MI USA
8 posted 2001-06-06 08:10 PM


now this just speaks of things that need to be said. . . feelings that are all too real. . .

you've captured them well here. . . excellent. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

Angel
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since 1999-07-02
Posts 551
Pennsylvania
9 posted 2001-06-07 04:41 PM


Sven,
Such amazing compliments mean just that much more coming from a poet I look up to so much.

~Susie

~*~Born to Blossom and Bloom to Perish~*~

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