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  • Child Abuse
    • Gertrude
    • shhhh! If you're quiet you will hear the sound of my heart breaking.

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     I see parents
    hug
    kiss
    their child as they greet.

    It's plain to see
    the love they share
    within their eyes.

    My blood turns to green
    with envy.

    Do I get kisses?
    NO!
    I get, "Get the hell away!"

    Do I get tender touches?
    NO!
    I get a closed fist to my cheek
    and a swift kick to my gut.

    Seeing the loving relationship
    that other kids have
    with their parents,
    makes me wonder.

    Is it me?
    Am I devil child?
    Am I unlovable?
    Am I stupid?

    Ultimately I ask
    if there is a God
    does He hate me too?

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    warsaw commented on Hidden

    08-24-2009

    Growing up as a love deprived foster child I use to ask the same questions but I found later on in life that it was them and not me at all,I was the gift they knew nothing about so are you thank you for sharing you have a gift and a passion for writing sincerely WARSAW
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    Gertrude

    08/24/2009

    Thank you for your kind words. Yes children are a gift from God and not everyone realizes that.

    ladydraeko commented on Hidden

    06-03-2009

    Hey hun I see that I did not give you a rating I guess, I dont know but I read your poems before and commented so I know I liked them so I will go back through and rate for you!!!! HUGS
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    ladydraeko commented on Hidden

    06-01-2009

    what strong emotion i see in your poem, I understand what you are saying so well. But the one thing I can say is God loves you. We may have had bad times but that doesn't stop the good ones from coming to us. I didn't have a relationship with my parents because I was taken from them and I just found them and am starting relationships with them. This poem really touched me. hugs
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    Gertrude

    06/01/2009

    I'm glad it touched you, but there's something you should know. This isn't a personal experience. This is a subject that is near and dear to my heart. Yet again thank you!

    Gertrude

    06/04/2009

    I'm glad it touched you. Children are a gift that not everyone are ready to receive nor should they ever receive. This came from a conversation I had with a friend one night. He told me that I wrote from his point of view accurately since I never personally experience it.

    Gertrude

    06/04/2009

    I'm glad it touched you. Children are a gift that not everyone are ready to receive nor should they ever receive. This came from a conversation I had with a friend one night. He told me that I wrote from his point of view accurately since I never personally experience it.

    In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

    Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer.

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