When I walked around
Looking down at the ground
I was telling you I was abused.
You told me look up and smile
But you’d never walked in my shoes
Abuse may not leave a mark
When it tears out your heart
So it might not leave
Something to see.
You don’t know what it’s like
Always fearing a strike.
You don’t know what it’s like
To be me.
You notice I’m odd
But don’t spare me a nod
When you see that I look sad.
You could learn if you’d ask
That I’m wearing a mask
To hide all the pain that I feel.
You can’t see it or hear it
Though you are standing right near it
But that doesn’t make it less real.
I wish someone would save me
From the hell that they gave me
For just figuring out how to deal.
Wake Up! Pay attention!
There’s bad stuff I can’t mention
Happening under your nose.
I need help. I need saving.
I need friendship, kindness, and praising.
Dare to see what you see
When you’re looking at me.
I’m not hiding as much as you think.
My silent language says lots
About how my life rots and its
Plain as the nose on your face.
When I say; “They don’t care.”
Please believe me!
I hope that someone
Will SEE me.
Will today be the day
When someone takes me away?
Some days I can’t deal.
Will my scars ever heal?
Why the hell are some people so mean?
They rip and they tear, why can’t anyone care
About someone as broken as me?
By, Redisfinallyfree
To the people I told as a child
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Re: To the people I told as a child
You know what I really love about this? That the child *knows* she should be seen! She knows it’s wrong that the people don’t see the pain and the abuse, or don’t care!
She must have some glimmer of self worth!! And that glimmer is something to hang on to, to remember always that you are worth it, that you deserved better!
I see hope in this. And dignity. And strength. And almost a demand that goodness win out over badness in the end.
She must have some glimmer of self worth!! And that glimmer is something to hang on to, to remember always that you are worth it, that you deserved better!
I see hope in this. And dignity. And strength. And almost a demand that goodness win out over badness in the end.
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Re: To the people I told as a child
Thank you Progress for seeing ME. No one EVER saw ME! That poem IS me as a child. I told SO MANY PEOPLE. I am so grateful that YOU reached out to me. I’m crying right now but they’re GOOD, CLEANSING tears that don’t hurt my eyes. You really are a TREASURE!
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Reason: Changed MT to NT, for no triggering detail
Reason: Changed MT to NT, for no triggering detail
My shoulders aren't big enough to carry the blame for the problems of the whole world, so, today I give myself permission to stop trying.
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Re: To the people I told as a child
(((((Redisfinallyfree)))))
i see you and agree with every word from progress' response
(i just don't know how to use the quotes thingy)
thanks progress for your eliquent word
(i also don't know how to spell the words i want to use)
scars
i see you and agree with every word from progress' response
(i just don't know how to use the quotes thingy)
thanks progress for your eliquent word
(i also don't know how to spell the words i want to use)
scars
A scar is the tattoo of a triumph to be proud of. It says the hurt is over and the wound is closed. It means you conquered the pain, learned a lesson, grew stronger, and moved forward. There is a beauty in my scars that I can see now.