Silent Cries
A child cries amid the night,
for the want of someone to care.
Pale skin colored black and blue,
tear stained eyes and complexion fair.
Muffled screams can not be heard,
the silence remains unbroken,
Trembling with fear to say a word,
the hurt she feels goes unspoken.
Where was her guardian angel,
to protect her from all this pain.
Why didn't anyone stop it,
to fail this child was insane.
The pain stopped but much too late,
because no one took time to care.
Now she laughs and plays in Heaven,
with hugs and sweet kisses to share.
Author notes
There is far too much child abuse in this country. Too many people turn a blind eye. Even if you only suspect it, you must report it. God Bless these children.
Information on Child Abuse, please read. Thank you. You can make a difference in a childs life.
yahooligans.yahoo.com/childhelp/
Written June 28th, 2006
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SO SAD AND YET SO BEAUTIFUL
A very sad but beautiful poem to go with this beautiful picture.
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This is a wonderful piece dear auntie.
Wish you luck in the contest.
I love the beautiful photo .
Shahrzad
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"The child now adorned in heaven
No more pain seen in her eyes
For she reconciles with God's loving hands
And that ceased all her silent cries...."
Very poignant poem you have here. I love it.
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Such a tragic subject to write on. I like the fact that you attempted to instill some hope in there at the end, to advise the reader that she is in heaven now-- I don't totally buy that, however, and tend to think this kind of poetry should be hard hitting and stay hard hitting because the abuse of children is ongoing and continues to go unnoticed. On the other hand, perhaps you didn't mean it to come across like that (and it could just be my personal interpretation), obviously you have made it clear that the child died from the abuse and you have also made it clear that society's ears and eyes were closed to what was right in front of them.
A nicely written piece, with good rhyme and rhythm. I do think, however, (please don't take this the wrong way) that it lacked atmosphere. It didn't make my heart drop--does that make sense? Maybe I'm just too morbid! Feel free to take what you will from this, and chuck out the rest
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Sad but True, so many children left unheard by those that have turned deaf ears. Brilliantly written and imagery was fantastic. Tears filled my heart with sorrow for the child.
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wow, this is really good. In one way it is really sad though. Children can be very sensitive to the world around them, and nothing seems to hurt me more than seeing that a child is hurting, eith from physical pain, or even emotional. There are terrible things in this world that children shoul;d never ever have to experience and yet, saddly they do. This is a good poem describing the pain of a little girl.
*God Bless*
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What an emotionally powerful piece. This has pain and heartbreak flooding out of it. It's so sad how many children make the voyage to the great beyond seemingly unnoticed, Thanks for raising the awareness that we need to pay more attention to the innocent, good luck in the contest. If i miss out on a trophy to this piece I won't be at all dissapointed.
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