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The Angry Young Man

(10/06/11) He had so much anger , so much hate To lash out at someone he couldn’t wait An innocent bystander walking down the street This was the one that he would beat. If she had suspected what lied ahead She would have turned her back and fled. With fists flaring he knocked her to the ground Her jaw broken - she couldn’t make a sound They say they don’t know how she survived With the extent of her injuries they was sure she would die. She gave a description of what he looked like And before blacking out she started to fight They caught him with the description she gave They saw that he was full of anger and rage. They say from his step father he had been abused And fighting back was of no use. His mother did not believe what he had said And she turned - and sent him to bed. He now blamed his mother for what His step father had done no one to turn to, no where to run. She should have - defended her son. He and his step father are both in jail Because his mother had truly failed To hold a man she did not watch her son Now look at what he has gone and done. ( child abuse can create stories such as this)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 10/9/2011 9:25:00 PM
An all too true tale of the sadness in this world. This speaks the truth of what abuse can do to the soul.
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Date: 10/7/2011 4:25:00 PM
louis this is a tremendous view of child abuse at it's height and how it affects one growing into adulthood... the rage and anger are presented so emotionally and taking it out on an innocent enhances the power of that person ..channeled in the wrong direction of life... two lives ruined ..oh such a brilliantly constructed composition luv..
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Date: 10/6/2011 9:21:00 PM
yes indeedy... healing is in order... bummers abound and that sux. people need peace. thanks for the write very much~N
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