Abuse Poems - Page 3

41. Running From The Bear

• By Marla J. Frazier
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

I've spent many years now
Running from the bear.
Just when I think you're gone,
You once again are there.

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42. Love Hurts

• By Kaylee
• Published by Family Friend Poems March 2016 with permission of the Author.

I don't get how you can't see
All the things you did to me.
If only you knew
All the pain you put me through.

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43. Was Never Yours

• By Nouha Awick
• Published by Family Friend Poems March 2015 with permission of the Author.

I never knew you,
we never spoke,
but you thought you could take
what was never yours...

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44. Yesterday

• By Elizabeth
• Published by Family Friend Poems November 16, 2023 with permission of the Author.

Yesterday might've gone down in flame
But I remember the nights spent alone
I remember your shame I called my own
I remember you and your twisted games

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45. Her Smile (Pantoum)

• By Tynea Lewis
• Published by Family Friend Poems June 2018 with permission of the Author.

Her smile was visible to all,
Showing a dark secret
From an inescapable memory
Because of the lie she kept telling herself.

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46. Monster

• By Trisha Ramos
• Published by Family Friend Poems August 2006 with permission of the Author.

I try to rationalize
it all
as you
tear

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47. Monster

• By Alisha Ford
• Published by Family Friend Poems March 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

I saw a monster, I promise he was real,
A presence haunting with a touch you could feel.
His footsteps echoed like a beast's heavy tread,
A roar of laughter that filled me with dread.

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48. Make It Stop

• By Amy Cutting
• Published by Family Friend Poems November 15, 2023 with permission of the Author.

his belt hung on the wall,
in the backroom where he victimized me;
as mom tried to stop it
the door slammed shut, click,

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49. Poisoned Secrets

• By Alisha Ford
• Published by Family Friend Poems April 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

Bodies contaminated, tainted by his sin,
Trapped in cycles, impossible to win.
Forced into silence, bearing heavy weight,
Burdened by shame, consumed by hate.

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