I remember how you found me
Abandoned and abused
Unloved and alone
There was destruction all around me
Alcohol and violence
Drugs and death
I can see the memories clearly
Though they're so long ago
My father walked away, uncaring
My mother died, an alcoholic addict
A young girl abused and alone
Fell into the arms of men
Looking for love and hope
Landed in the arms of an alcoholic addict
And got married to more abuse
Still abandoned and abused
Unloved and alone
Destruction still all around me
Alcohol and violence
Drugs and death
I remember the pain clearly
Though it's so long ago
My husband left me, uncaring
Two of my children died, just babies
One lived on without a father
A young woman abandoned and unloved
Fell into the arms of men again
Looking for love and hope
Landed in the arms of a possessive alcoholic
And moved in with yet more abuse
That is where you found me
Pregnant and unloved
Alone in a room
Crying out to you
I remember the day clearly
Almost ten years ago
You rescued me and my children
You gave me love and hope
I landed in your arms
And you took me away from all the abuse
No longer abandoned and abused
Unloved and alone
No more destruction all around me
No more alcohol and violence
Drugs and death
A saved woman protected and loved
Opens her arms to others
Looking for love and hope
And shows them a loving God
Where there is no destruction and abuse
I remember where you found me
Now I find them there
Abandoned and abused
Unloved and alone
Destruction is all around them
Alcohol and violence
Drugs and death
A world unloved and alone
Needs to land in the arms of God
Finding love and hope
In a woman you have rescued
From destruction and abuse
Author notes
This poem is the story of my life before God, when He came into my life and saved me, and what my life now is.
It really seems like two different lives to me. When I look back on my life before God rescued me, it almost doesn't seem real because it was so extremely different.
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this poem desevers it all
thank you for showing me this poem. from being abused and unloved to find it all in faith and God. great job i love it. -
Congrats on all the shinys!
This is a superbly penned piece, I really enjoyed the story. It is amazing what leads to us finding faith. All the best in the contest with it
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thank you for entering...I'm not quite sure if this is something that I was looking for, but thank you and I appreciate it.
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I wasn't sure if it would be or not. You can remove it if you want or I can. I won't have any hard feelings about it. I put in the author notes why I thought it may be helpful, but I wasn't sure if this poem would fit or not. Thanks, Rachael
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This was wonderful! Your story is so inspirational! Thank you so much for entering my contest!
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Powerful
Very well done. Congratulations on the silver
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wow
a spiral of tragedy..when you don't know what real love it growing up..it is hard to find when you get older..thankfully this one is turned around..wonderful write..congrats on the silver..thanx so much for sharing..blessings
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I don't know what to say. This just touched my heart in so many emotional ways, that it tore at the soul and made me come to realize this is reality.
Excellent penning of words to express what you went through and the good outcome of it.
Just... superb.
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Good luck in the contest.
M a r l u x i a
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Wow, just wow.
This piece was amazing.
So powerful.
So moving.
I actually want to hug you so badly right now!
Of course using both options is acceptable... kudos for doing so!
I commend you so much; you've been through such terrible things yourself; survived these things whereas many people would just break down and give up... on top of that you've chosen to help others after being through so much yourself.
You're truly an inspiration and an amazing person.
I'm sorry you've had to go through so much in your life; but, it's made you the person you are today, and, my dear, that person is truly an amazing person.
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Thank you so much for your kind words.
You are correct, what I have been through has made me the person I am now and without what I went through, I could never be able to put myself in the place of those that are going through those things now.
I am grateful to G-d for rescuing me and my children out of all of it, but I am also thankful for what I have been through because of what it made me into. G-d has his reasons for everything that happens in a person's life, good and bad.
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Brings Back Memories...............
of my childhood to me. Although there were no drugs and alcohol, there was plenty of abuse to make up for them. I know how it feels to be unloved, abandoned by those who are supposed to protect, and brutally abused!!! The fear inside I cannot describe but to this day can rememeber the sick feeling in my stomach everytime my abuser came home and worrying that he would wake us up to his tirade of physical beatings. So Although there were no drugs, alcohol, or sexual abuses there was the physical and looking at our brusies for the next couple of weeks as reminders was like living it over and over again. I too have found that God has rescued me from those abuses but I too, went looking for love in all the wrong places. Not with any subtance abuse {Thank God} but by thinking I was in love with every man I dated and I am still alone today. But I have learned to trust God and know that in his time all things will comes together for my good. Thanks for writing this even though it brought back the darkness of my youth, it also renewed my faith to see how far I have come through the grace of God!!!~~Toni~~ You have a true heart for God and his precious children!!!~~Thanks again~~
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wow. you really know how to write remarkably. this peice touched me deeply, for i can relate to the abuse and abandonment. wonderful write, and the best of luck to you!
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I like how there was a story behind the daughter and her kids and her kids etc. Its a lovely piece...
It lifted some of my depression away
thanks for entering, and good luck
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I think you should win!!!
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Wow, this is such a beautifully sad written piece overflowing with emotion. Goose bumps raised upon my arms as I was reading. Well done!
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Good Job
This is a great poem, wonderfully written. Thanks for entering my contest, good job, and good luck!
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