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Dear Diary
I would like to share a poem with you; titled:
"I AM THE CHILD".
I AM THE CHILD...
YOU AND I HAVE NEVER MET UNTIL THIS TRIAL,
BUT I AM THE CHILD YOU MUST NOT FORGET,
BY PUTTING ME AWAY IN A FILE...
I AM THE CHILD WHO WHIMPERED IN PAIN...
I AM THE CHILD WHO SOMETIMES FEELS AS THOUGH,
MY BODY IS SCARRED AND MY SPIRIT SLAIN...
I AM THE CHILD WHO LAID IN MY BED AND CRIED AT NIGHT...
I AM THE CHILD WHOSE FUTURE WAS BRIGHT...
I AM THE CHILD WHOSE FEAR WAS REAL...
I AM THE CHILD YOU SEE EACH DAY,
WHO IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM------SO YOU TURN AWAY...
I AM THE CHILD WHO ONCE WAS SMALL,
WHO ONLY WANTED TO BE LOVED,
THAT'S ALL...
YOU AND I MAY NEVER MEET AGAIN,
BUT I AM THE CHILD YOU MUST NOT FORGET...
I ASK YOU PLEASE,
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER CHILDREN
HAVING BAD THINGS DONE TO THEM,
JUST LIKE ME...
YOU MIGHT EVEN ASK WHERE WAS GOD?
HE WAS THERE...
WHEN I HAD MY PILLOW AND COMFORTER OVER MY HEAD,
GOD WAS THERE,
HE PROVIDED THE CRACK FOR ME TO BREATHE...
WHEN I CRIED,
GOD WAS THERE,
HE WAS CRYING TOO...
THE PAIN I SUFFER,
THAT TOO IS A GIFT FROM GOD,
IT IS USED TO BUILD STRENGTH IN MY CHARACTER...
GOD DOESN'T LOVE ME ANY LESS OR MORE THAN YOU...
HE JUST HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR ME,
THAN HE DID YOU...
YOU SEE,
I AM THE CHILD,
I AM HIS CHILD,
AND GOD IS MY FATHER,
THE FATHER I NEVER HAD...
HE IS MY PROTECTOR,
AND HE WILL SEE THAT I GET THROUGH THIS...
I am not ready to share my life's tragedies with the world at this point, but this poem expresses
some of my feelings about it. Please won't you do what you can to help children of abuse to
stop hurting? J.R.C.
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