I'll Take a stand
As a child
I saw
Pictures flung hard
Against the wall
These painful memories
Are difficult to recall
I always wondered
What I had done wrong
All I ever want was
To feel as though
I belonged
My dad would scream
“You’re no good”
Though I tried
The best I could
Mom
Would simply
Walk away
Though,
I Begged her,
To please stay
I knew,
what was coming next
There would be hell,
to pay
This happened,
almost
Everyday
I seemed to be,
his target
For abuse
He blamed me,
Back then
That was his excuse
It took me years
To finally see
The blame,
belonged to him
Not, to me
I always prayed
I’d be taken away
So I would not have to suffer
Through this abuse
Everyday
It never happened
Stay there I did
I lived a life
As a abused kid
Times were different
Way back then
No one spoke up
No one
Stepped in
Sadly things
Have not changed,
so much
Since then
So many children
Still being beaten,
and punched
And killed
We turn our heads
Act like we don’t see
These abused children
In our society
It’s not our problem
That’s what we say
We shake our heads
As another abused child
Passes
Away
If we could,
Make people listen,
Make them understand,
when we strike a child
We are abusing
Them
I wonder,
Do these parents know,
How sad,
It makes them feel
Inside
the outside pain,
Soon goes away,
but the inside,
Never heals
So many children
Cry at night
Alone with shame
And
Filled with fright
To these children
I reach out my hand
To you
I want you to know
That I have suffered
Too
You are not to blame
For what happened
To you
The blame belongs to
Your parents
Not you
The scars
From this kind of life
Are deep and real
They are something
Time just cannot
Heal
Scars on the body
Disappear with time
However scars
On the heart
Last a lifetime
So,
My New Years Resolution
Will be
To help these children
In our society
I will step in
I will speak up
I will speak out
I will write for these children
These little lost lambs
I will let them know
That someone
Cares about them
I will make phone calls
I will do whatever it takes
To help these,
Abused children
Before it’s to late
My New Years Resolution
Hostess
Sprit Traveler
Leah
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