Sister Child Abuse Poems

Wake up and face the reality,
You are guilty of failing the children in the society.
We are not free to run or play,
Bullets and abuse we...

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Blood! My blood, your blood, our blood running in this place,
No name to tell a story, just an innocent face.
A mother’s voice echo with the...

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My father is a fisherman, 
always making sure that the bow and the stern are tied. 
"The anchor should not rest on the sandy sea...

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I smell like pencils in September.
After they’ve been brought to that…to the machine hanging on the closet wall where our coats, our boots, our bags,...

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black rotten salad shoved in between my lips 
It was always the poison or a kick in the hips 
I would’ve thrown it away but...

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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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Sad Life 
At three years old my parents divorced
Father got full custody
Mother, visitation rights
My sister and I were too young 
yet still we understood 

Into...

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Brother Daylight, Sister Darkness
Oh where do I belong
I stand alone in twilight
Like a singer, short on song
A kite devoid of string
A nickel short a dime
Unsure...

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There’s Fault In This Gender


 

Late, last night,
she was caught by a group.
Men wrongly said,
monsters in troop.
Molesting, harassing,
the helpless in fright.
The vulnerable is not right.
By...

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I am lost and I really never found myself.
I was existing  in my life,
With a monster.
I was having nightmares at night and,
Having to relive...

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"Why do you run home after school? Why don't you join us in the football ground?"

"I should shield my little sister from being eaten by...

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The Mirror

When I look in the mirror I don’t see me, I see who I used to be.  A little lost girl that was...

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Every time you walk into my space, 
Everything that’s real about me,
Gets erased.
Somehow, it always ends up
My mistake—
Comatose I am,
to my own fate.
I have decades,...

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WISHES FOR THE BLOOD 

She wishes of becoming a patriotic leader; 
She wishes of making the world a better place;
She wishes of speaking justice for...

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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...

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