January Child Abuse Poems

He layed me on the snow. My backside was freezing, the hard chunks of snow overwhelming my body like prickling needles. He pulled my pants...

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A sleepover 
Hooray
My sister and I
We pack light
a small bag each

It's been 3 days
I am out of fresh clothes
I miss my toys
Can I go back...

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Hereby,
A curse upon
those who willfully hurt
or bring suffering to babies,
or who knowingly steal the innocence
reserved for the little children,
by the authority 
of God above,
Hereby.

NINTH PLACE...

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After a breathtaking day, watching skaters perform on ice;
                ...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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spry within the shadows you come
wry amidst the darkness you haunt
i care not what it is you want
why is it my soul you still taunt?

do...

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For those who are homeless with nothing to eat. 
They sleep in the alleys on filthy concrete.
They're always wondering where they'll get there next meal.
For...

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Catholic

Stern but saintly Father Meissen 
scolded the parents for not having 
their baby boy baptized sooner. 
It was April, 1952,
inside the stained-glassed catholic church,
ensconced on...

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Asifa's Blood Pens 
(The Courageous Princess)

No! No! Wipe out the name of Asifa! 
No more Asifa's on this earth to be born!
O Lord, my creator,...

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You’ve come from cold
Hushed words not told
Don’t say those things
The shame it brings

Don’t be so bold
Just let it mold
Deep in your soul
You dig a hole

Hide...

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So innocent and young with a bright future, 
she was touched in ways she wished to forget-
If only mommy could put a loving suture
on the...

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In a day when mental illness 
was hidden behind a closed door,
A young girl lived but wished to die;
 she couldn't take it anymore.

No one...

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As dusk dawned
     In hushed dark solace,
          Awareness battled
Comatose.

One question, pleading:
 ...

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They always tell you, you are strong,
Time and again.
While you know they are dead wrong,
Through your pain.

You never had a decent choice,
Had to disappear.
No free...

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All through this journey I can hear soft sighs.
The darkness a black universe around.
Against me hands, or feet, and someone cries.
In nearness of small bodies...

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