BLUE RIBBON

Blue Ribbon Against Child Abuse

IT'S MINE AND YOUR DUTY TO PASS THIS ON

I know this is horrific to read and see,
but if it helps to stop childabuse,
we must all pass it on.

BLUE RIBBON AGAINST CHILD ABUSE

My name is SarahI am but three,
my eyes are swollenI cannot see .
I must be stupid,I must be bad,
what else could have mademy daddy so mad?
I wish I were better,
I wish I weren't ugly,
then maybe my Mommywould still want to hug me.
I can't speak at all,
I can't do a wrongor else
I'm locked upall the day long.
When I awake I'm all alonethe
house is darkmy folks aren't home.
When my Mommy does come
I'll try and be nice,
so maybe I'll get justone whipping tonight.
Don't make a sound!
I just heard a carmy daddy is backfrom Charlie's Bar.
I hear him curse my name he calls
I press my self against the wall.
I try and hide from his evil eyes
I'm so afraid nowI'm starting to cry.
He finds me weeping
he shouts ugly words,
he says its my faultthat
he suffers at work.
He slaps me and hits meand yells at me more,
I finally get freeand I run for the door.
He's already locked itand I start to bawl,
he takes me and throws meagainst the hard wall.
I fall to the floorwith my bones nearly broken,
and my daddy continueswith more bad words spoken.
'I'm sorry!' I screambut its now much too latehis face has been twistedinto unimaginable hate.
The hurt and the painagain and againoh please God,
have mercy!oh please let it end!
And he finally stopsand heads for the door,
while I lay there motionlesssprawled on the floor.
My name is Sarahand I am but three,
tonight my daddymurdered me.
There are thousands of kids out there just like Sarah.
And you canhelp
It sickens me to my soul,
and if you just read this and don't pass iton
I pray for your forgiveness,
because you would have to be one
heartless person to not be affected by this email.

And because you areaffected, do something about it!!
So all I am asking you to do is takesome time to send this on and acknowledge that this stuff does happen,
and that people like her dad do live in our society,
and pray for childabuse to wither out and die,
but also pray for the safety of our youth.

Please pass this poem on as a Blue Ribbon Against Child Abusebecause, as crazy as it might sound, it might just indirectly change alife.

*~*~* AGAINST CHILD ABUSE*~*~