List: Abuse

This list includes many poems that I have written from my experiences with child abuse and spousal abuse and rape. Many speak out for help to stop abuse of any kind. These were very hard for me too write, I just hope that they might help another.

• A Cold December Night

  On a cold December night.
  Three men almost took my life.

  26 lines, 25 comments, on Feb 23 1:46 PM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Life, Society, Personal, Abuse
• A Polished Stone

  Little girl all huddled in a ball / Hoping that God will take her away from it all / She hopes and prays with all her might / That he won't

  28 lines, 14 comments, on Jun 29 4:45 PM 2007
• Attention Victim

  Many have traveled this road / few will ever leave / Once a crime is committed / it is ones destiny / Pain, flashbacks and memories / can make one go insane / Wondering what went wrong / living with the sh

  21 lines, 18 comments, on Jul 9 10:47 AM 2007. In Society, Personal, Pain
• Childhood Lost

  There is a piece of me locked so deep inside,

  30 lines, 28 comments, on Jun 16 3:59 PM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Dark
• Daddy Please Don't!

  Little girl sitting here.
  Trying to deal with her tears and fears.

  38 lines, 20 comments, on Aug 25 3:39 PM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Dark
• December 15th

  December 15th has come again
  as memories come crashing in.

  22 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 19 5:13 PM 2006. In Abuse, Personal, Sad
• Finding My Inner Self

  My inner self was wild and free / As the innocent child came out in me / Tessie the clown was born on that day / To take all my fears and t

  37 lines, 14 comments, on Jun 28 9:16 AM 2007. In Abuse, Hope, Life, Personal
• Freedom from the Devil

  22 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 9 11:44 PM 2007. In Abuse, Adult, Life, Personal, Society
• Hands Of Fate

  A child abused and all alone / nobody picks up the phone / Her friends ask but she cannot tell / she has to lie and tell them she fell / Her bruises go from head to toe / why doesn't somebody know / Each day

  26 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 30 9:13 AM 2007. In Abuse, Society, Sad
• Heads You Win, Tails I lose

  My rape haunts me to this day.
  How can I make these ghosts go away?

  27 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 23 9:32 AM 2006. In Abuse, Society, Dark
• It Could Happen To You

  On a cold and dreary December evening,
  you left me numb and with no feeling.

  24 lines, 21 comments, on Sep 6 12:48 AM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Society
• Knocking On Childhoods Door

  I am now a woman of 46 years or more

  32 lines, 19 comments, on Jun 14 9:00 PM 2006. In Dark, Hope, Angst
• Mommy Please!

  Mommy please the little girl says.
  As her mommy sends her off to bed.

  27 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 20 6:44 AM 2007. In Abuse, Life, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
• Mommy Can't You Hear Me?

  Mommy can't you hear my plea's.
  Do you think that I have some kind of disease?

  17 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 16 4:45 PM 2007. In Abuse, Dark, Personal
• Out of the Darkness into the Light

  35 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 24 12:46 AM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Hope, Adult
• Please God Take Me Back To Heaven

  I am just a little girl

  37 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 14 10:15 AM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Dark
• Please God Make Me An Angel

  Little girl hiding in a corner

  44 lines, 14 comments, on Jul 8 9:09 AM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Dark
• Please God Take Me Away From Here

  Her hands touch the bruises on her face / Memories flood in like ocean waves / So many times this has happened before / Why can't she find the courage to walk out the door / Time seems to be standing still / Sh

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 3 12:31 PM 2007. In Abuse, Life, Pain, Personal, Spiritual
• Save Our Children

  Little girl all alone.
  No one listens, no one phones.

  21 lines, 20 comments, on Jan 3 9:22 PM 2007. In Abuse, Personal, Society
• Speak Up For A Child

  There is a little girl who is all alone / To beat up to reach for the phone / Daddy's are supposed to protect / Not abuse and neglect / Mom

  27 lines, 77 comments, on Jun 28 10:55 AM 2007. In Abuse, Life, Society, Sad
• Stop Children Slavery Now!

  Children are a gift from God.
  They are not meant to sell.

  21 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 4 1:52 PM 2006. In Personal, Society, Hope
• Stop The Cycle!

  Woman sitting in the corner of her room.
  Knowing that he will be back soon.

  26 lines, 38 comments, on Jan 10 3:38 PM 2007. In Abuse, Personal, Society
• The Day I Married The Devil August 31, 1977

  Today Marks 5 years since I left the man who abused me.
  For 23 years hell was my destiny.

  34 lines, 24 comments, on Aug 31 4:44 PM 2006. In Sad, Personal, Abuse
• The Little Girl Who Time Forgot

  There is a little girl that time forgot.
  She lives on your street, or on your block.

  27 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 26 12:47 PM 2007. In Abuse, Dark, Life, Personal, Sad, Society
• The Night Part Of My Soul Was Stolen

  Oh no it's dark and I can't see,
  there are 3 men messing with me!

  67 lines, 20 comments, on Jul 1 1:28 PM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Dark
• The Pain Of A Child

  Thrown across the room when she was six months old / how could a Daddy be so cold / The beatings started when she was two / black and blue

  31 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 30 6:08 AM 2007. In Abuse, Life, Society, Personal, Pain, Sad
• This House Is Not A Home

  As the child sits in fear / Knowing that any minute he will be here / A tear starts to roll down his face / Why doesn't someone remove him

  33 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 2 8:51 AM 2007
• You Raped My Spirit, Body and Soul

  33 lines, 47 comments, on Jun 9 2:25 PM 2006. In Dark, Adult
• Set Me Free

  Dreaming of a day / when the memories won't invade / When these demons finally / leave and go away / Souls been caught / in limbo for such a long time / Insanity is creeping in / taking over my mind /

  35 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 22 7:27 AM 2007. In Abuse, Pain, Sad, Personal
• Behind Closed Doors

  A tiny soul was born today / put into the hands of fate / Nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors / please save her before it's too l

  38 lines, 30 comments, on Jul 18 4:09 PM 2007. In Abuse, Sad, Pain, Society
• Some Scars Never Fade

  43 lines, 26 comments, on Jul 19 12:54 PM 2007. In Abuse, Adult, Personal, Pain
• Trying To Hold Onto Reality

  Riding an emotional roller coaster
  with many ups and downs

  28 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 27 8:37 AM 2007. In Life, Sad, Pain
• Please Don't Let Another Child Be Abused

  Can't you hear her screaming
  wake up and see the light

  28 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 20 2:13 PM 2007. In Abuse, Pain, Dedication to Grace, Life, Society, Spiritual
• Little Girl Now Gone

  I am just a child
  wanting to be loved

  59 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 17 9:15 AM. In Sad, Pain, Society, Abuse
• A Soul Set Free

  As she opens Heaven's Gate
  with a smile upon her face

  25 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 3 4:25 PM. In Pain, Abuse, Life, Personal
• Don't You Hear Me Mommy?

  Each night as she
  says her prayers

  57 lines, 17 comments, on Jan 26 8:57 AM. In Personal, Life, Sad
• A Battered Woman's Prayers

  As I lay trembling and shaking in fear

  28 lines, 36 comments, on Feb 13 1:27 PM. In Abuse, Personal, Hope, Life, Sad

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by tawk

Categories: Abuse, Dark, Pain, Personal

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