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The Boy Who could Write

Have you ever heard the story about the boy who could write He would be thinking up rhymes every day and all night But words would do more to him, not just sting but tear and bite And...Read More

Categories: anxiety, child abuse, depression,
Form: Rhyme

lyrics from the left behind

bright /brit/ adjective “And I think it's gonna be a long, long time 'Till touch down brings me round again” When I was seven, I swung on swing sets that were made...Read More

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

The corpses, we're still counting

We look for responses when we should find an answer People aren’t healing, just left with a scar We are divided when we could stand together Our freedom’s a trap that leads us so far They all speak of...Read More

Categories: child abuse, death, humanity,
Form: Rhyme

Infant marriage

There has been a joining of an adult male and a female child Not quite a proud owner of a single pubic hair, Letting a lamb under the same roof as The Wild And treating both as “A...Read More

Categories: child abuse, emotions, marriage,
Form: Rhyme

Black and White Reflections

Black and White Reflections Old black and white pictures are faded and worn the pain they portray is there in her eyes. Innocence doomed from the time she was born, no tears for a childhood she lost in the...Read More

Categories: betrayal, child abuse, dark,
Form: Pantoum

tips and tricks

My mother once taught me this trick. If you close your eyes, you won’t see what’s happening. It can’t hurt you if you don’t see it. What she didn’t know was that...Read More

Categories: abuse, child abuse,
Form: Free verse

OUR SECRET

i have a secret i keep inside i tried to tell someone I tried i worried they would pick a side they didn’t listen so i lied keeping quiet to not upset the tide while in my heart feelings still...Read More

Categories: child abuse, abuse, anger, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme

Dem Tiff Our Pikin - Child Trafficking

Dem Tiff Our Pikin Child Trafficking Her echoing screams pierced the night unreeling an impending woe rousing every slumbering soul prompting a sudden madness The other sits then...Read More

Categories: africa, anxiety, child abuse,
Form: Narrative

Legacy

A child pulled from her mother's arms and placed into a cage. How could a person seeing this not feel enormous rage? Instead, the mother, full of fear and shocked with disbelief, thought what she said or how she looked had brought...Read More

Categories: anxiety, betrayal, child abuse,
Form: Rhyme

Saving A Heroe

Saving a hero Physical affection self deprived... Withdrew where none would follow and so, my childhood wwas survived, as I learned most people were Hollow... Shout it into them,"I love you!" An echo where the heart would be and...Read More

Categories: child abuse, abuse, america, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

JUST CAUSE

JUST CAUSE Without cause, teachers, classmates, and neighborhood kids mocked at my pitiful station of poorness and entrenchment in painful shyness, by calling me dreadful names that chipped away at my soul. At my first job as...Read More

Categories: child abuse, abuse, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

SURVIVOR

SURVIVOR As a child I was happy until I was five, Then everything changed, how did I survive? Instead of a kiss placed on my head, Cruel spiteful words were all that I heard. No loving cuddles, no hug goodnight, Just...Read More

Categories: child abuse, anti bullying, child, child
Form: Dramatic Verse

The Cry of Step Children

Oh! What a thunder from their cry Will their face ever dry? One may think they are free But their sufferings is a tree They grieve for peaces But yet keep drowning in pieces Will they ever...Read More

Categories: child abuse, anger, care, caregiving, change,
Form: Rhyme

Placed In Cages

Once there was a boy who loved animals, every kind of animal, it didn't matter; he loved them all! He had rabbits, pigeons, hamsters, and a raccoon. The boy kept them well-fed, cleaned their cages every day and was sure they...Read More

Categories: child abuse, 10th grade, angst, animal,
Form: Verse

Learning Young

Learning Young From back when I was 7 and 8, When candy bars cost 5 cents, And “being polite” meant Even to strangers. The wrinkled, Baggy, old man, who Lived in the basement apartment Next-door, with the...Read More

Categories: child abuse, growing up,
Form: Free verse

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