Lonely Child Abuse Poems

Pieces

I gather things I thought were important, 
that don't seem quite that way anymore. 
There are pictures of the past, 
and lists of goals for...

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Another shift ends. I'm dead on my feet.
Too shagged to even eat.
The word leads (inevitably) to you...
I slipped the timesheets from work today.
Another incident occurred...
Sweetie,...

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Oh my sweet inner child 
I hear your sorrowful cries 
Of the memories that haunt you 
Every day and night 


Oh my sad inner child...

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I see the eyes of a small lost child
Living within my mind
Been there so long she's now living wild
Hiding from cruel and unkind
She looks out...

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My grief sits unopened
In a box with the rest of my childhood things
And every time I pull at the yellow satin strings
I'm reminded of why...

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it's about to hit midnight.
I'm in the bath crying. I'm crying not because the cuts 
I just made sting like mad as I hit the...

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For anyone who has struggled with a challenging childhood... You are not alone. May you be healed, heard, loved, and cared for. Blessings, love and...

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Fathers and sons
By Michelle Morris
21/11/2022

It was cold there in his shadow
Fathers and sons struggle with their roles
He didn't support your sensitivity
You always felt he was...

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It gets cold sometimes .
I’ve waited for a long time .
I was a 8 year old little girl .
Rapped by my foster father .
Feels a...

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Fear of dreaming 
Is what she does 
Falling in the pit of beyond
Carrying the wait
Of the lost and forgotten 

Doesn't know how to feel
Building up...

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Safety in Hand

The raven calls my name, 
and I am afraid to answer. 
He will know all about me, 
even if I do not know...

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all small broken alone
where the shadows roam
a child hides in a dark home
tick tock murmured the clock.
while branches dance
and rattle like brittle bone.
toys scattered around...

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I now walk with the young Emmanuel
In his gardens of trees and flowers
Out of the darkness of my lasting den
Where the two monsters kept me...

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When struggling with addiction
to uncontrolled
and biologically controlling agents
and competitive outside agencies

Earth is helpful in mentoring patience
with failures of humane self-control
to extend,
feed and water
and grow mindbody...

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"The Children of Gaza" Lyrics: II

These lyrics were written by Michael R. Burch and were adapted in places to the music by Michael R. Burch...

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