Eileen Manassian Poet Free verse

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Stop

Stop harassing me with your hate
Stop flaying me with your frustrations
Stop inking me with your insecurities
Stop cutting me with your cruelty
Stop lacerating me with your lies
Stop searing me with your satire
Stop abusing me with your anger
Stop battering me with your brutality
Stop degrading me with your derision

Please….
Just leave me alone
Leave me alone
Let me love
Let me laugh
Let me survive in a world
Where sympathy is sterile
Where joy is jaded
Where happiness is haphazard
Where fantasy is fleeting
Where contentment is capricious
Leave me alone
To bear these burdens

Let me live

Eileen Manassian

For all victims of abuse

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Laura Breidenthal December 21, 2015 at 4:04 PM Abuse...We've all seen it happen, the effects...and unfortunately have had to deal with it ourselves...Powerful verse here, and excellent use of alliteration, Eileen. The ending too, is heart-wrenching. "Let me live" what a way to end this... Always, Laura

CayCay Godwin December 19, 2015 at 10:00 AM Loved the dramatic tone, especially the second stanza. This read much like one of our emotional therapy writes and is well said ... CayCay

Andrea Dietrich December 18, 2015 at 3:46 PM Keep speaking out for these victims of abuse. The world needs more eloquent speakers and poets such as yourself, Eileen!

Bl Devnath December 16, 2015 at 12:27 PM It's a list of warning catalog with beautiful messages. 7 i feel. Good luck my lovely friend. Loved always,bl Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 3:58 PM :) Thank you, BL. This is not for any contest. I appreciate the visit.

Paul Callus December 15, 2015 at 4:03 PM This is very powerful, Eileen. All types of abuse needs condemning. Unfortunately it's the good, gentle and apparently weak who are at the receiving end! Hugs // paul Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:01 PM Hello...Paul. Appassionata has been away for a while...I'm here again to comment. Feeling better and stronger. Hugs. Thanks for the visit.

Richard Lamoureux December 15, 2015 at 9:35 AM Sadly abuse is rampant in the world but there are also many loving and kind people as well. Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:02 PM Go look in the mirror, Richard. You will see one of the kindest and most loving of them all. :)

Demetrios Trifiatis December 15, 2015 at 8:24 AM In cases, where we fall victims to verbal abuse, we do not ask someone to stop but we STOP him/her at once! If these people, for any reason, are disrespectful then we are not obliged to be respectful to them. Any delay from our part to react like that makes us suffer more and make them to become bolder! Great write and great truth, dearest Eileen! Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:04 PM Thank you, my esteemed boundaries. We must be sure to make people aware of our boundaries. When they cross, uninvited, they must be asked to leave. It is a hard lesson to learn, dear, but I will not let people be abusive to me if I can help it. Thanks for being a dear and beloved friend here. Filakia.

Anne-Lise Andresen December 15, 2015 at 4:00 AM - STOP !!!! - Now that the time is near ....I want to wish you a peaceful and beautiful Christmas for you and your loved ones, dear Eileen :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:05 PM Forgive me, Sunshine, for not being around. I will come to visit you soon. You are ever sweet. I wish you every blessing this Christmas. Hugs

Mark Woods December 14, 2015 at 9:39 PM Excellent poem. When someone else builds themselves up (whether intentional or not) at another's expense it is the highest form of cruelty. Mark Woods December 17, 2015 at 5:03 PM Know the feeling, it's such a busy time of the year. I don't feel like I've come up for breath in months. Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:05 PM Yes, Mark. It truly is. Thank you for your visit to my work. I'm sorry I'm late in responding and visiting. I'm trying to catch up. Hugs

Tim Smith December 14, 2015 at 5:46 PM Any type of abuse should not be tolerated whether physical or verbal. Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:07 PM Yes, dear. That is the truth. I know I've been abusive at times. :( Stress and unresolved issues sometimes make us lash out. Thanks for the visit to my work. Hope all is well with you.

Eve Roper December 14, 2015 at 3:48 PM Amen........... You said it all sweet girl ! You sweeten my tea :-) Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:09 PM Hello, my dear. Forgive me for not visiting of late. I will remedy that situation soon. :) Hugs

Charmaine Chircop December 14, 2015 at 3:35 PM Oh Eileen, you definitely make their voices heard, the message is very clear ...Abuse is always bad, when its physically, but not least when its verbally. Yes.. Stop, to any abuser who thinks he can weaken the others. Eileen Manassian December 17, 2015 at 4:09 PM Hello, dear. Just wanted you to know....I love your poetry. Don't lose who you are in all of the "advice". Hugs