Abuse Poems - Page 14

Wake Up

• By Elaine Preston
• Published: June 2017

Wake up, Momma and Daddy are gone, for now we have time.
Wake up, hurry I need to feel good for a little, you'll be ok. You'll like it too.
I lie awake on my back as you take charge and I young, unaware, confused wondering will it be done.
I lie awake as she begins to peel off my clothes with the hands that help me get dressed for school.

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Tarnished

• By Ntombivelile Ngcongo
• Published: December 2016

Her tears kept her going.
Her beauty was never seen.
Her pain was never felt,
Only her mistakes were judged.

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