Surrounded in bars of wood I lay pretending sleep
Comforted by my teddy bear and my only friend
I can smell strange aroma’s to me really sickly
Makes me feel funny inside and the room spin’s
A face came into view earlier looking at me strangely
Then put a glowing thing in his mouth and blew at me
That same sickly stuff that now confuses my mind
I tried to sleep but my eyes are burning and my ears hurt
I can hear really loud voices coming from outside my door
I feel scared I can’t remember why, but something bad is beyond
I can’t move my left arm too well, and my ribs ache
My breathing is somewhat shallow to deep and it hurts
But why this is I have no idea, only a dark spot where something is
My brother doesn’t whimper anymore and I feel disconnected
We were close a bond separated by gender but nothing more
Born me first then him not long after we cried together
And smiled as we were gently held for the first time
But I feel I have lost something important to me
Even though he is just across from me, he barely moves
I’ve tried to look but I can’t seem to turn my neck
A distant crash and approaching voices make me wince
Something bad is coming I don’t know why I fear this
But I know there is no where to hide so I just curl up
Under my blankets holding my teddy close to my heart
A loud crash and the bedroom door slams open
A bright light sears through my closed eye lids
Then I am hauled roughly into the air into view of anger
And I am shaken like I do to teddy when I am mad
Then I remember as the darkness clears why I fear
As I start to cry he just shakes me harder saying shut up
Over and over those two words are spat into my face
Then my tears become agony as old breaks are renewed
Across the room I go I sense someone trying to catch me
But I know as I hit something hard that they missed
I don’t cry anymore as my pain just does not seem to matter
The floor boards shudder as his steps recede into the distance
Though it does not matter to me as I struggle just to breath
I can taste something odd in my mouth and strangely familiar
Someone is near crying for some reason I have no idea why
A strange dark spot has hidden something from me once again
Though it does not really matter anymore all seems to be going dark
Yet I find it is so welcoming and it carries a promise of no more pain.
Author notes
This poem isnt about me.
I have written this poem as it has been on mind since it first came to my attention via the news about two young twins dying from multible inturnel injurys, this was the first of many cases to suddenly come to light, another child has just died that had gone through 3 months abuse and so far 6 people have been charged.
How can people be so dam cruel, I will never understand human nature in some cases, but what these people are doing in my counrty is truely sick and barbaric, and half of the acused don't even show an ounce of remorse for their actions.
So I have written this poem as a first person point of view, there are alot of abuse cases all over the world, but I will add one more voice to the many...
"IT NEEDS TO BLOODY STOP"
Please tell me what you think
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OMG! As I read this I was getting shivers. This is a horrible thing that is happening. I hope the people that have been accused go to jail for a very long time.
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Amazing and tragic
What a tragedy that is happening in your country. Your words are heart wrenching and when done in first person painful. You captured it beautifully. This is a truly tragic piece done in incredible taste. The line that made me gasp
'Then I am hauled roughly into the air into view of anger'. This is the empotime of tragiclly beautiful.
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Thought Provoking and Heart Wrenching
Heart wrenching powerful write. The way you have given the child a voice is spectacular to say the least. It makes me want to cry thinking of the pain those children suffer through. It is truly sad and barbaric, but to show no remorse is evil. I think that some humans have slipped into the depravity of this world and enjoy it. Those are the sick and barbaric ones that are no better than animals. You have shown so much compassion in this write. Beautifully done.
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POWERFUL
Kindred this is a powerful poem that speaks loudly against abuse. I agree that these people are sick, and the sad thing is, they show no remorse.Even an animal would show more compassion for their young.The depths of degredation some people will go never ceases to amaze me. What ever happened to the human quality in some human beings?
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This is so freaking sad and yes you are right it does need to stop it is tragic all I can say is Sigh
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