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Child Abuse Poems | Examples of Child Abuse Poetry

Premium Member IN SILENCE
Not sure when it started at 6 staying out of a brutally violent household taking to the unforgiving streets. The streets became my teacher and family albeit dangerous life lessons learned from a merciless source. Spiritual and corporal sorrow from father’s beatings, his cruel degradation too much to bear, as everyone stood by watching me bleed. At 13, befriending teens from troubled homes,...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, anti bullying, child
Form: Free verse
unheard
i remember being a child longing for someone to hear my scream a scream i never screamed a cry i never cried feeling like i was the only one with eyes wishing someone was wise enough to see what was happening begging someone to realize how broken my lonely heart really was...

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Categories: child, child abuse, children,
Form: Free verse



childhood
was it really that big of a deal if we were both just kids our minds snapped shut like lids brainwashed by whats bad and good too scared to come out with the truth nothing ever came smooth these thoughts these anxieties they only get worse i needed someone to soothe me im just a little girl please stop touching me like that i dont like it im...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, age, anger, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Waves That Pull
One step away from waves that play. In that fresh light, he let go that night. I thought back then, that was all it had been. I stayed to see each wave hit me. With heart shut tight, no stars in sight. My hands let go, they moved so slow. Each night I'd fall inside the call— the thoughts so loud, the cries unbowed. Maybe it's me who made him flee… But how...

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Categories: child, child abuse, in
Form: Free verse
THE TOMB OF MIRRORS
There’s this voice that echoes inside of me,in the pit of my soul He has long sharp nails, with which he tears down the walls of my heart,peice by piece Every time my foot steps on the grass, greener than the day before He pulls me down into the Earth And I am submerged into the sea Filled with...

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Categories: anxiety, bereavement, child abuse,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member 5:31 am
I’m losing a battle I did not choose to fight in, I have waited nearly fourteen years for freedom. There is still no stopping him. I lay next to someone I adore and He still clogs my thoughts like hair in drainage. I glance at my love as they sleep, Peaceful and snoring softly, And I wish I could...

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Categories: abuse, anger, child abuse,
Form: Spoken Word
The Gaza’s Stolen Childhood
Every forty-five minutes, thirty children vanish— not into memory, but into blood and rubble. The soil of Gaza drinks the tears of mothers, while those in power sip wine behind closed doors. This is not war. It is business— and crime is its most profitable currency. Why should we entrust justice to those who profit from injustice? Why should we plead with architects...

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Categories: betrayal, child, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
No Gentle Hands
The master cracks his whip across the horse’s trembling flank, pushing the beast to its limits until the wildness snaps and the horse reacts, a flurry of chaos beneath the sting. When silence falls, the master believes the animal has learned, believes the wounds are healed. He reaches out with clean hands, petting the horse's weary muzzle, his fingers gentle, but not soft enough. The horse,...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, analogy, animal, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Betrayal of The Sun
There was a time when you stood at the center of my sky, and I, small, humble, gazed upward in awe, letting your brilliance shape my world. Every word you spoke carved meaning into silence, every gesture gave weight to the air. I was nothing but a shadow you cast, grateful for the light. But I see now what I could not see then— the sun blinds...

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Categories: child abuse, absence, anger, betrayal, child
Form: Free verse
Premium Member poof and the pain is gone
Who takes brain hits diabolic? The child of an alcoholic! With the mind’s botox Pain’s now in a box Not flummoxed the kid can frolic ...

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Categories: addiction, child abuse, children,
Form: Limerick
Trust
How can True trust Faith when lies begin to escape, You are the reason why I hide my face with a Smile or a Cape, Because I can't forget what you Took and what you keep Taking, My Heart keeps on breaking daily, that is why I am Inhaling, These Drugs I Breath, I just can't Believe, Life is full of...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, addiction, butterfly, child
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Disturbing Untold Story
I heard a story today, it felt just like mine, In this scary, monster city, it made my heart pine. Someone hurt themselves, tore their own skin, you see. Yes, a story just like mine, it came right back to me. You are brave, so much braver than I. You told your hurt out loud, under the open sky. My pain,...

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Categories: child abuse, abuse, anger, anxiety, child
Form: Free verse
CRACKED MIRROR
I stared into the mirror too long And it finally broke beneath my gaze Not from age, neither from accident But the weight of truths I dared not face. I saw a childhood in pieces stitched together with borrowed faith smiles that were survival and joy that never quite fit. I tried to imagine someone else a better version but the cracks revealed more than...

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Categories: child abuse, 12th grade, abuse, age,
Form: Free verse
The Future of Israel
As spoken by the Voice of Wisdom O House of Israel, Heed the sound of the wind that carries ancient truth across the sands of time. Once you wandered through deserts and kingdoms, Once you suffered at the hands of empires and tyrants, And the world wept for you— So great was your sorrow that even your enemies offered you a...

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Categories: betrayal, child abuse, corruption,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member FOR THE STORY
HEART SINKS, EYES WEEP BRAIN EXPLODES, CAN’T SLEEP DON’T UNDERSTAND, I NEVER WILL SWEET CHILDREN WHY DO THE COPS KILL? CHILDREN WITH DARK SKIN HARDLY LET THEIR LIVES BEGIN INNOCENT, UNARMED, SIXTEEN AND UNDER COPS CALL IT A BLUNDER MISTAKE THEY SAY CHILDREN BEATEN OR SHOT TO DEATH IN USA...

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Categories: child abuse, murder,
Form: Rhyme

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