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Paul Wilson
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0 posted 2002-07-20 11:19 AM





Requiem For A Child


Weep not for me, now that I am gone
For you loved me not, when I was here
Save your grief for others
Do not waste upon my dead body, a single tear

Through my few years on earth
I gave you all my love
All I got in return
Were beatings and pain, never love

My time has come
These days of hurt are now in the past
No more days of hurt for me
Because of you, I have lived my last

I’m where I want to be
A place where love is all around
This place called Heaven
Where hurt will never be found

My hurt is over
But yours will last awhile
I hope someday you realize
Your anger caused the death of your child


Paul Wilson
6-25-02

© Copyright 2002 Paul D. Wilson - All Rights Reserved
Neeraja
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1 posted 2002-07-20 12:00 PM


Forbidden tears... and a life... spend between fences of fear...

A very sad poem....

Neeraja

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2 posted 2002-07-20 01:25 PM


How sad and touching. I wish the relevance of this was not so apparent.
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(tears fall down my cheeks) Oh Paul, this is heartbreaking, sweet friend, while I hope this is fictional to your life, my heart goes out to you and the many who truly are afflicted with this domestic abuse that leads to such tragedies like this! (BIG HUGGGSSSSSS) My heart goes out to all the children hurt by this, sweet friend, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Paul, thank you for sharing!



May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

"Underneath your clothes there's an endless story..."

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Oh Paul, this is so sad. I hope people who beat their children, and anyone else who does bad things to children, pay for thier cruelity severely. Because the children who survive are scarred for life.
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5 posted 2002-07-20 08:48 PM


Neeija... Thank You

Catalinamoon... Thank You

Noah... Thank You

Smartchick... Thank You

To All... I know this is a touching subject
I don't know why I wrote it, but I hear so many sad stories on TV and read about them in the paper I just want to cry each time.
This is my tribute to those helpless children.
There are so many people in the world that don't have children to love and then there are the ones that do things like this.
If this poem could save one child from this terrible ordeal I would be content for the rest of my life.... Paul

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