I stand alone,
staring into the mirror
blood rushing down my face.
I'm a very bad boy.
I disobeyed mommy's rules,
I laughed and played
with all the good boys.
I'm a very bad boy.
Home from school,
I've tried not to embarass the family again
mommy has a odd look in her eye.
I'm a very bad boy.
Mommy tells me to take off my clothes
and stand by the stove,
then she lays me on top of it, I feel myself burning.
I'm a very bad boy.
She watches as I burn,
no emotion in her eyes,
only a few minutes till my brother gets home.
I'm a very bad boy.
My brother gets home
and I exscape my terrible fate.
In the garage I hear her words sweetly said to my brother.
I'm a very bad boy.
Mommy takes me into her room,
and screams at me that she got a letter from Santa saying I'm a very bad boy,
I will get no gifts this Christmas.
I'm a very bad boy.
I go to school,
I no longer care for this Haven,
because someone knows the accidents that occur.
I'm a very bad boy.
The nurse looks
at the new bruises with care,
and hugs me I want to never let go.
I'm a very bad boy.
I didnt mean to tell
about all the accidents that mommy makes happen
I dont want her to be called to my school thats more pain to endure.
I'm a very bad boy.
A very very very very very very very very very very bad boy,
why else wouldnt mommy love me like she does my brothers,
why must I endure this pain?
I'm a very bad boy.
Author notes
This is written because of a book I am reading. It is called: A Child Called "It" By Dave Pelzer.
In this book a young boy named David is abused by his game-playing mother. In one part she actually(well she has done everything I have said in this poem) told him to undress and stand by the stove. She had a gas stove and she turned the burners on. She then layed him on the stoved twice to watch him burn. When his brother got home he heard(from the garage) his mother tell his brother how proud she was of Ron(David's Brother).
Abuse is a very horrible thing. I myself havent been abused and I am very happy for that. I have been emotionally abused. But most everyone has been. I am against abuse, abuse in a terrible thing in society.
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Painful....
This piece brought tears to my eyes...thanks so much for sharing!!
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this is a very powerful poem and it is so very very good. this is really beautiful, you have put it into words so well i couldn't look away. you have done a fantastic job great work
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First of all, thank you for entering my contest. I really appreciate it, and I wish you the best!
I have read this book. It's tradgic what happened to David. I feel so horrible for children who have to go through this, and I wish that there was more in the world for people to do about cases like this. Thank you for entering into my contest. -
excellent chronicle of the horrors of abuse, that go ondaily all overthe world, children used as punching bags, ashtrays, pin cushions and joy dolls...it is a sad and crazy world in which we live, we must protect our own, and pray for the unprotected alwa
great write....
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the book is actually based on a true story. The next book in the series is called "A man called Dave" or something like that you might want to read it if you liked the first one.... anyways, this was a good poem talking about how he must have seen things.
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very good
a very good write about a horrific true story, i read this book and the follow up to it and was heart broken and then i read somewhere that only part of it was true and the other was fictional to make it a best seller..whether this is true or not i dont know for sure but even so he had a very sad and abused childhood. good luck in the contest
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thank you!! This is a very sad reality, and it makes it more morbid to the human mind. I agree he did have a very sad and abused childhood. Thank you for reading my poem. ^_^
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amazing
Ive read the book...I love your interpretation...have you read the second book?
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No I just started the first. I want to read it though, and the last one.
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