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While God Sleeps Soundly

I wake from dreams where terrors creep 
I wake to realize I'm not asleep 
No - little girls don't sleep at night 
They strain their ears - eyes wide with fright 
With hopes of hearing Angels fly 

Oh please dear God - PLEASE not tonight 

But only my pillow hears me call-While God sleeps soundly thru it all 

Rock-a-bye baby - please don't cry - Daddies gonna sing you a lull-a-bye 

I hear his footsteps down the hall 
His breath I smell thru door - thru wall 
His laughter echoes in my mind 
I close my eyes so I'll be blind 

Hush sweet darling - don't make a sound 
or daddies gonna knock you  round and around 

Open mouth - but silence falls 
Screams go unheard thru lonely walls 
No one hears me - daddy don't 
No one hears me - mama won't 

Only my pillow hears me call -  While god sleeps soundly thru it all 

Rock-a-bye sweet child - now don't you fear - CUZ DADDIES GONNA LOVE YOU FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

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Lenny Gazbowski

Date: 3/25/2016 12:51:00 PM

Haunting and brutal. Strong write Shaunda.

Shaunda Lindsay
Date: 3/25/2016 1:18:00 PM

Thank you so much. Through my words, I've been able to get rid of all the guilt feelings and shame I've carried my whole life. I've put the shame and guilt where it belongs. With my father. I've realized also that God is the one who helped me survive.

James Inman

Date: 3/16/2016 1:20:00 PM

Shaunda, I've been reading many of your poems. I'm at a loss for words. The horror you portray in your poetry is intense and deeply real. Many of my poems express feelings over difficult emotions I have dealt with in my life. If that is the case for you, I wish you had not felt the need to start writing poetry if that meant you wouldn't have been exposed to the nightmare you have experienced. As it is your poems are intensely and sadly beautiful.

Shaunda Lindsay
Date: 3/25/2016 1:19:00 PM

I wish I hadn't been exposed to it also. But, it is what it is. I'm ok now. I have a great life

Elizabeth Alexander

Date: 3/16/2016 12:24:00 PM

why is their only me crying ?did they not just read the same work ?f**k sis, your poetry always gets to me !!!hormones have turned me weepy.(that's my excuse)lol. I know the story and still it touches me. sending you my love my sister. Elizabeth :) xxx

Shaunda Lindsay
Date: 3/16/2016 12:26:00 PM

hahaha You're wonderful. Thank you again hun...

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 3/14/2016 5:20:00 PM

Wow, this is a touching write, Shaunda.... Enjoyed... Linda

Shaunda Lindsay
Date: 3/14/2016 5:41:00 PM

Awww. Thank you for being so kind and for reading my writes...I have to get this stuff out.

Skat A

Date: 3/14/2016 11:32:00 AM

shaunda lindsay, this is a deep write. SKAT

Shaunda Lindsay
Date: 3/14/2016 2:50:00 PM