Walayee Poet Lay Whitlock-Ishway Poet Rhyme

Dreams of Her Children

The greatest blessings of her life
Her children ~ their life

She ~ a young mother
Blessed with two
A miracle ~ twin boys
This is true!

Unafraid! Though 
Both body and mind were bruised
Eyes big and BLACK
Her love and womb grew

At first KICK
She stumbled ~ her body recovered

At first KICK 
She knew ~ God’s blessing she discovered

A miracle the abuse 
Did not end 
A miracle her dreams
Are in God’s hands…

Lay

**For Gwendolyn Rix "Mom, I'm Pregnant" Contest

"A study conducted by “Children Now” in 1995 saw that a full 89 percent of teens
 have been in dating relationships and a whopping 40 percent of all teenagers know
 someone their age that was beaten or abused by a boyfriend in a relationship. This is
 a serious problem that every parent needs to watch out for to ensure the health and 
safety of their children. Another study, conducted by Silverman, Raj, Mucci and 
Hathaway in 2001 showed that young women who were in relationships that involved
 violence were more likely to abuse substances, develop eating disorders, conduct 
risky sexual behaviors, get pregnant, and even commit suicide."

http://teenagepregnancytips.com/statistics-on-teenage-relationships/

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Dr.Ram Mehta May 24, 2011 at 4:02 PM very realistic and poignant write, Walayee

Joe Maverick May 24, 2011 at 3:29 PM Sad reality re-told here Lay, the main problem though, is still (lack of will ) and no real desire to check out the reason for the underlying ''trend'' of despair that is growing in populations at this time..

Carolyn Devonshire May 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM Children are truly blessings from God, Lay. Barbara Gorelick's son and daughter-in-law just gave birth to twins. Your lovely poem reminded me of her. I hope she gets a chance to read this uplifting poem! Love and blessings, Carolyn

Carol Sunshine Brown May 24, 2011 at 10:38 AM Oh Lay this is so very sad. And it seems there is no stopping it as it is getting more prevolent everyday. Thank you for sharing this magnificent write on the subject matter. Love, Carol

Walayee Poet Lay Whitlock-Ishway May 24, 2011 at 10:16 AM This is the story of a teen being domestically abused while carrying twins... Lay