We tell our children lies they believe
Into the tapestry of their character.
Deceit upon deceit we weave
By our evil sarcastic laughter.
Wicked words penetrate their souls
More than hands upon their skin.
With bullets we create hearts with holes
Prone to fill with unsatisfying sin.
We deprive them of love and affection
With our busy distracted absence,
Inducing them to seek other attention,
Provoking them to find other guidance.
Lost and empty adults enter the world
Confused and ill-equipped to survive.
The tightly woven tapestry is unfurled
Exposed, lacerated and unable to thrive.
Who will stitch together the torn shreds?
Who will speak truth to dispel the lies?
Who will weave into the fabric new threads?
Who will fill holes with love that satisfies?
Author notes
Inspired by a woman here on AP who was abused as a child.
Written November 19th, 2005
In a list
A contest entry
- Dreamcatcher - Child Abuse Awareness Contest by Starhiker.
1500 points, ended December 4, 2005, 50 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Beautiful, but so sad. Children should be let being children. Thanks for joining the contest! I applaud you, melphled... I wish you best of luck in the contest! 
Jim
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excellent~
Oh my
This is a good poem but so sad...
Children need to learn how to be a child to have fun..learning how to love and trust........
If only all children could be treated with love warmth respect and care all of the children in society today would be so much better off....
Love n hugs
Susan~~~
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Excellent
Wow, I don't know if this was your intent or not, but to me, this poem speaks volumes about our fatherless society. Anyone who follows my writings can see that I've been pretty critical of men (except as sex tools, perhaps) but society is definitely hurting as more men make children and fewer men raise children. -
This is a really unique poem! I really love it!!!! The imagery of a child's/young adult's life being a torn tapestry is really good.
I particularly like the verse
'Lost and empty adults enter the world
Confused and ill-equipped to survive.
The tightly woven tapestry is unfurled
Exposed, lacerated and unable to thrive.'
The ending and the rhyming is effective! well done
Jess
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very well written
This is so insightful. You have described how so many of us have grown up in families that were afraid or didn't know how to show love and emotion to the children. It is very sad that some of us didn't receive the much needed guidance and love that we did need to become confident human beings.
etherealforu
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This is very well done; children need to live in a true, safe, and realistic world. They need to be nurtured and protected. If only we would treat everyone in this way then the world would be a much nicer place! Well done!
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