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The Abuse of Silence

Abuse So much more than what you do So much more than what you say There is the abuse of silence... Deathlike silence Abuse of your soul Abuse of you heart Abuse of your mind You’re nothing Insignificant Not worthy of the gift of words Not worthy of the expenditure of effort Not worthy of the usage of time Silence You're a non-entity Lower than dirt At least people clean the dirt off At least they touch it They focus on it But you are lower than that Silence No comfort for pain No praise for insecurity No love for renewal Nothing but silence Physical abuse Verbal abuse Emotional abuse All are focused All are active In a strange twisted way The objects of abuse realize That there is some demon Unleashed upon them Because they exist They are an innocent testimony Of all the abusers are not And so the monster is unleashed Furious because they are Beautiful Young Innocent Pure Wise Attractive They exit Reminders of what the abusers are not But the abused ones of silence Have nothing Are nothing Not even Worth the effort They are not important enough For wasted breath or emotion Silence Your silence Has left me wounded Incomplete Tainted An ugly heap of uncertainty A mass of insecurity I'm ruined for life For I carry the scars of your abuse Your silent abuse of my heart Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Lucilla Carrillo

Date: 5/10/2013 1:43:00 PM

You have mastered this. That is sure another way of abuse. Your silent abuse of my heart. Very touchimg words.... Many blessings and Happy Mother's Day...... Lucilla

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/13/2013 11:55:00 AM

Thank you, my dear. You are always so very kind. Hope your day was fantastic.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 5/10/2013 7:57:00 AM

Wow again. For me silence is also the most painful abuse. This really resonates with me.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/10/2013 8:02:00 AM

Yes....It is just awful. I've written a poem entitled Hate Me...the idea is..hate me but don't be indifferent...that's the worst thing ever. Thanks for reading, Richard.

Richard D Seal

Date: 5/10/2013 5:55:00 AM

POWERFUL EMOTIONAL TERRIFYING in its BEAUTY. You have excelled. I am pretty much stunned. I'll have to come back to this later.

Richard D Seal
Date: 5/10/2013 12:45:00 PM

HAH, at copying you !!!! Hmmmm at admire, ok, tis so. but not the copying lol. To this work, this is extremely moving, and so many suffer this form of abuse, being ignored leads to all sorts of self doubt and personal torment and misery. Couple of times this has happened to me, but I've been in a position to say, literally, F*** U followed by some of my insane insults and walk away ha ha, I do feel for those not able to do that, least not with ease. Richard

Eileen Manassian
Date: 5/10/2013 8:01:00 AM

NOW...I'm the one who all caps things! ;) You copying me, Richard???? ;) It's ok. That just means you admire me. Thanks so much for reading and for all the lovely comments you write. Wind beneath my wings.