Keeping things quiet I've always been told,
is the way one should go.
I've been taught to hear, but not speak.
To keep silent to keep the peace.
The Price of Silence is a great amount.
The price is too high even to count.
How can one watch, and not see?
Hear, but not listen?
Know, but not care?
The Price of Silence is too much for me.
I will never just let things be.
The Price of Silence is Me!
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Keeping quiet about abuse never helps anyone, or anything. I was taught to keep quiet. I've paid a price for speaking out, but I've regained my Soul. I will not ignore things, I will be a voice if nothing else.
Please tell me what you think
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Holy wow. I love this! It was incredibly powerful and well written! "Hear, but not listen? Know, but not care?" Those lines really spoke to me. Great job and keep up the good work.
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Thanks, you know I have a saying that I always use, even when talking to my kids, or my Sunday School classes. Actually to nearly everyone. You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? Anything else makes you a hypocrite. Connie
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Nice write. There are times when people would do better to say nothing, but often not speaking out means that the crime will continue to be perpetuated. Nice write. The emotion and pain comes through, and the message that others should not suffer in the same way, for the same "mistake."
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Thanks for reading. I myself would rather know the truth, good, or bad, than be kept in the dark. I myself have never found a time when saying nothing was better. It's all in the way something is said. Thanks again, Connie.
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It's all in the way something is said.
That's probably it, and it's a life-time of caring and working at it to learn.
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silence is bliss... but in this case, I think not. I believe you've put all your emotions on this piece. You are right for voicing out your pain. Last sentence was powerful. It pretty much summed up everything.
I wish you the best. much love and luck. Godspeed.
-Blanche
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Thanks, and hopefully this piece will cause someone, somewhere, to take a stand. Connie
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Loved this!*
So many people are told to keep quiet about abuse, especially that family business is to be kept in the family, being brouht up likr this its incredibly difficult to speak out, it does creat a huge mess with lots of confusion but in the long term it is a lot better than being kept in the dark
great message..xxx
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Thanks, I had always been told that too. It's family , so it's a family problem. How wrong they are, it's a world problem. The damage being done, just by sweeping it away, is unspeakable. Look within our prisons, and schools, and ourselves. When we know, and do nothing we are just as bad as the abuser's. Connie
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I understand exactly what you mean, my family has been damaged also by this wretched family-code, until the secret was unleashed !
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Thanks again, I was the person that spoke up, and went for years of therapy. To this day my siblings are ashamed of my actions, and my getting help for myself. This is even though it happened to them too. We are family only in name, by blood, but not a true family.
They are toxic to me, but I'm glad to be the outcast, it feels much better. Connie
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A brilliant write with a beautiful message. Thanks for sharing
~lae
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Thank you for reading, I'm glad my message got through. Connie
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