"Abuse" not about Hillary Clinton or Politics
Undone in the poet voice http://youtu.be/5T4rySKcXZQ
Adapted from "The Cry of our Children"
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Adapted from "The Cry of our Children"
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I know the effects of abuse, I’ve lived through it. I adopted a family of four girls. They were ages one to four when they were placed in my home. My children were sexually abused in foster care, even at their very young age.
The fact that they got accepted in tier one universities while struggling with learning difficulties was not enough to empower them. Sadly, they still struggle with self esteem issues.
For all the reasons mentioned, I’ve dedicated my writings to
empower victims and perhaps, to heal myself in some way.
Still wanting to hold onto the
goodness of others, I lost sight of how cruel people can be. Not in a million
years did it ever occur to me that "Bullshit" would be a response to
any of my poems.
Yet, that was the exact response I
got after making a performance video of my poem “undone.”
In the poem, I mentioned Hillary
Clinton and received what I interpreted as an abusive response by a viewer of
the video.
The idea of the poem was to say Hillary was the first lady of America and while in that role she
lived through a humiliating event and moved beyond it. The point is so can
any of us.
A woman in an abusive relationship
self esteem often diminishes and they blame themselves for their
abusers actions. However, a victim is never at fault. Chuck Stubbs response to
my poem was uncalled for no matter his opinion of Hillary Clinton or the
President of the United States.
This poem is one of many in my
collection the cry of our children. Yet, my entire book of poems is not of
abuse but of various situations in life.
It calls for us to take interest in
others.
I say if the majority stand up to the Chuck
Stubbs of the world there would be improvement. 
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