SHI BLOGS TOO

I Cry Silently

Yesterday I was reading some writings of authors I had never read before. Some had writings in their ports that pertained to the personal child abuse which they had suffered. I was deeply moved by what I read. My heart ached for those victims of relentless abuse.

I was never a victim of that kind of abuse. Yet, I felt so strongly connected to those who were.

I wrote this poem afterwards. It is the first time I ever ventured into such a sensitive area that I knew nothing about. I really felt compelled to write it anyways.

Say You're Sorry

Did you feel
Pity when you
beat me- then left
black and blue;
robbing like theft
my childhood?

Sending me scurrying
with hidden scars,
secretly burying
my quiet rage.
Suffering in silence
like an animal in a cage.

In a gentler ambience
can I set free
my steely chains
that keep feelings intact-
leave nothing that remains
like love in the abstract?

For years of enduring
abuse that's so evil
forgive you I could
may seem less uncivil
if only you would
Say you're sorry, for God's sake!