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Mistletoe Angel
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0 posted 2002-04-06 07:07 PM


(This is not my usual mood, prepare to have a Kleenex with you when you read this one, I was inspired to write this song after a teacher told me about the abuse he suffered as a child and how upset I am how so many are affected like this on a daily basis! )

Who Gave You The Right?
By: Noah Eaton
4/6/02

A young boy, innocent and headstrong
Prays for mercy all day long
Hiding from his father
His heart is shattered
By the abuse afflicted upon him
He cries everyday

He mutters where he hides
A soliloquy to get through this alive
Conducting
A threnody
Wishing for him to understand and love him
He doesn't know if he can forgive him

Who gave you the right
To commit this horrendous crime
Why can people be so cruel?
I'm tired of hearing these excuses
That you use
To try and explain yourself...

All he wants is to have a dad
To have a conversation with he has never had
He is his own sentinel
His heart doesn't fit at home
Yet his heart is high-strung
He's forced to obey his commands

He slaps him on the back with a belt
He runs away pleading for help
To comfort him
To console him
From the tears he's crying
I can never approve of this

Who gave you the right
To commit this horrendous crime
Why can people be so cruel?
Read my lips
Someday you will regret this
All you did to his innocent defenseless body

I would rather eat my soup with a knife
Then hear you say everything's alright
And don't think I would hesitate to say...

"Tell me now, why and how
Can you do something like this to someone
Who is close to you and so young of age?
How can you ever explain
All these cold words you say
And pain you afflict to him
Only because he belongs to you
And I know deep down
Someday you look back on this
And understand and regret
That this pain will always be with him
That time can never completely heal!"

And I feel
Deep inside
"Who gave you the right to do this?"
I don't understand
At all
What gave you the right to do this
Shame on you...

[This message has been edited by Mistletoe Angel (04-06-2002 07:07 PM).]

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Marsha
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1 posted 2002-04-06 07:30 PM


Noah darling boy this such a powerful and forceful piece from you. THANK YOU for writing it this is a message that should be heard. Each and every child is a gift from HIM, and no one has the right to defile one of HIS gifts. Outstanding writing, you brought tears to my eyes but I forgive you since this is a subject that needs to be out in the open. We must put a stop to child abuse NOW.

Love and warm stuff
As always
Mushy

     

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2 posted 2002-04-06 08:11 PM


Noah - and it never heals Noah, it may sit on the back burner but it never heals... I'm glad that you wrote this...

BC

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3 posted 2002-04-06 08:16 PM


Nice expression of your feelings on this subject Noah...James
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4 posted 2002-04-06 08:24 PM


This is a serious issue, and I am glad you've wrote this awareness poem.
No one has the right to abuse anyone, and I wish there was a way to stop it from happening.
Thank u for sharing Noah..I just know that someday you are going to be a GREAT father, and a wondeful, supportive husband.

Seymour Tabin
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5 posted 2002-04-06 08:39 PM


Noah,
A powerful write as it should be. Something that has to be said and you said it well.

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6 posted 2002-04-06 08:45 PM


Noah, this is profound, and intense. Good for you.
Sandra

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7 posted 2002-04-06 09:08 PM


The echo still resonates for a lifetime in this heartache. You have captured it well Noah...and spoken to it. ThisDiamond
ShadowRider
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8 posted 2002-04-06 10:33 PM


Oh damn, Noah.....
this one Super Fine piece of poetry
written for all the right reasons.

Senseless selfishness is never excusable.
Trot out the reasoning, the victims are always scarred for life.

Anger is a poison
that spreads like virus.
jeff

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