Child Abuse

Nat's personal thoughts, feelings, and secrets.

>Blue Ribbon AGAINST Child Abuse; pass it on please!!
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>My name is Sarah
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>I am but three,
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>My eyes are swollen
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>I cannot see,
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>I must be stupid,
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>I must be bad,
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>What else could have made
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>My daddy so mad?
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>I wish I were better,
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>I wish I weren't ugly,
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>Then maybe my Mommy
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>Would still want to hug me.
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>I can't speak at all,
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>I can't do a wrong
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>Or else I'm locked up
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>All the day long.
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>When I awake I'm all alone
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>The house is dark
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>My folks aren't home.
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>When my Mommy does come
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>I'll try and be nice,
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>So maybe I'll get just
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>One whipping tonight.
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>Don't make a sound!
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>I just heard a car
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>My daddy is back
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>From Charlie's Bar.
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>I hear him curse
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>My name he calls
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>I press myself
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>Against the wall.
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>I try and hide
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>From his evil eyes
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>I'm so afraid now
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>I'm starting to cry.
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>He finds me weeping
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>He shouts ugly words,
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>He says its my fault
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>That he suffers at work.
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>He slaps me and hits me
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>And yells at me more,
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>I finally get free
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>And I run for the door.
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>He's already locked it
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>And I start to bawl,
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>He takes me and throws me
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>Against the hard wall.
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>I fall to the floor
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>With my bones nearly broken,
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>And my daddy continues
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>With more bad words spoken.
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>"I'm sorry!" I scream
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>But its now much too late
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>His face has been twisted
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>Into unimaginable hate.
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>The hurt and the pain
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>Again and again
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>Oh please God, have mercy!
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>Oh please let it end!
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>And he finally stops
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>And heads for the door,
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>While I lay there motionless
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>Sprawled on the floor.
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>My name is Sarah
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>And I am but three,
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>Tonight my daddy
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>Murdered me.
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>There are thousands of kids out there just like Sarah. And you can
help.
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>It sickens me to my soul, and if you just read this and don't pass it
>on I pray for your forgiveness, because you would have to be one
>heartless person to not be affected by this email. And because you are
>affected, do something about it!! So all I am asking you to do is take
>some time to send this on and acknowledge that this stuff does happen,
>and that people like her dad do live in our society, and pray for
child
>abuse to wither out and die, but also pray for the safety of our
youth.