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Child Abuse Poems | Examples of Child Abuse Poetry

Alive, But Gone
I love you both with all my heart, But Mum, you tore that love apart. You made me choose, you made me cry, While Dad was left to wonder why. You spoke of him with poisoned tongue, Bad words for ears still far too young. You painted him in shades of wrong, And made me feel I don’t belong. He wasn’t perfect, neither...

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Categories: child abuse, dad, family,
Form: Rhyme
Hansel and gretel
They asked "Can you come and help us please" "You are to far, to far to see" They said " We are lost, starving. We need something to eat." "The apples don't fall far from the trees. You must come closer and see" They exclaimed "Excuse me, but they are just out of reach!" "Then get off your knees, get...

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Categories: child abuse, crazy, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



CHILD MARRIAGE
Little feet tender and coy The streams mirror her luminescent joy Golden locks cascading down...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, allegory, analogy, anger,
Form: Rhyme
CHILD MARRIAGE
Little feet tender and coy The streams mirror her luminescent joy Golden locks cascading down...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, allegory, analogy, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Big Little Strong Girl
it's okay... but it didn't start out that way from the time of your entry from the birth canal your clock of pain started ticking a ticking of pain that seemed never ending like a long slow road to hell driving pain bone marrow deep, but no one could tell, 'cause you hid it well you were left on your own...

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Categories: child abuse, courage, emotions,
Form: Free verse



A child cries in a mirror
A child's joy was taken at gunpoint in a long, dark tunnel on a winter night~ as clouds drifted, whispering subconscious fears, stirred by music played by demons, loosed like wildfire in a room of mirrors. A bird chirps~ as if begging the clouds not to crash on the earth... the weight of iniquities, loosened by fire, now too overwhelming for the sky...

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Categories: bird, child, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
protests
shout shout let it all out, you are a peado and we want you out, come on were talking to you, come on were talking to you, shout shout let it all out you are a peado and we want you out come on were talking to you come on, were talking to you, you...

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Categories: child, child abuse, humor,
Form: Free verse
Haunted
As I close my eyes I see them again Phantoms of the past Are the here to warn me Or to punish me for my sins? They don't leave my side I don't see them during day But I feel them everywhere I hear them "You're going to end up like your mother" Haunting me And I have no escape As I am a prizonier of...

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Categories: child abuse, deep, lost,
Form: Free verse
You Had Your Chance
She didn’t want diamonds—just her dad’s eyes. But his love was lost in fire and lies. Raised by a mother who broke, but stayed, While the stepmother hit and love decayed. She hid in closets to feel safe, Surviving storms, silence, and hate. One birthday broke her—she ran, she cried, But behind the wheel, she finally replied. Blamed. Locked up. Left in the...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, anger, betrayal, child
Form: Free verse
What Did I Do?
Have you ever felt the weight of your heart in your chest? The low, saddened beats that echo through your entire being? The way it feels as if it was trying to fall out of your body and onto the floor? I’ve experienced many types of pain- the kind that shakes every fibre in your...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, age, angst, child
Form: Free verse
you promised
You promised me the days we sung and cooked and danced, painting each others nails would come back someday You promised me, so i sat restless, watching the pass of everyday, pass me by, memories souring as the clock ran Harmless illusions wipe away as i realize what i had been surrounded by, with each spent...

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Categories: betrayal, boyfriend, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Triggering
We listen to you Act the way you want We stand in the queue For the things which you can’t. You don’t hear me I had a blister in my knee Taught to stay in the igloo In the summer out of blue They waste time differing Hunting for our flaws We can see through the gloss Can’t stand it, that’s just triggering. ...

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Categories: child abuse, absence, abuse, career, child
Form: Rhyme
when you hear my name
i wonder- when the people you’ve seen once upon a distant memory ask how i am, what do you say? do you say we don’t talk? do you say the truth? do you admit to your sins like a devil in the church- do you feel a charcoal burn on your soul when you see...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, allusion, angel, bible,
Form: Free verse
My Children Don't Hate Pray for People It's God's Will
God say we are to pray for all, And He means everyone! Pray for the child abuser, The killers with the gun. Pray for all child molesters, And the rapist too! Pray and forgive the parent, That you feel has failed you! Pray for the racist people, Anyone that hates or fights. Pray for all evil in this world, Because God says it's right! All of us...

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Categories: child abuse, 11th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Restore Me
My God, You gave me Solomon’s own mind A well of truth, so deep, so rich, refined. Yet waves of war have beat upon my shore, With wounds that shake me to my very core. They come with snares—emotions torn and tried, With whispered lies that mock and pierce my pride. They touch my flesh, they crowd my weary sleep, And still...

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Categories: child abuse, addiction, allah, anxiety, bible,
Form: Rhyme

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