I use the words of the famous poet William Blake to inspire hope in all such victims: “Little Lamb God bless thee”
She became pregnant in adolescence, a victim of a trusted adult. Like Persephone another maiden was snatched from innocence by a death inflicting figure. Was she another victim doomed to become a prisoner of the underworld of life? Research shows that victims of childhood sexual abuse are set up to be long term victims. Some even become prone to sexual re-victimization (Fergusson, Howard and Lynky, 1997). High rates of depression thoughts of suicide, and dependence on drugs or alcohol become some of the scars of their world. It is my prayer that the gates that imprison of this little lamb are broken.
Generally, there seems to be no one to bless Blake’s “Little Lambs” for Justice seems to have abdicated this duty for which it was enthroned. Justice has abdicated even from the highest courts of our land when our teenage victims are not believed, and their tale deemed less credible than those of Hades even when “Hecate” and “Helios” support Persephone/ the victim’s tale. Consistently, the report of the death inflicting figure is believed thus positioning the darker side of our society as inviolable. To maintain a facade that all is well society makes the choice to ignore its underbelly of rottenness. Humanity must save face and so it chooses to err on the side of the loudest speaker and those with political influence.
The issue of child abuse is remote phenomena until it comes home to roost . When it happened to a childhood friend’s daughter the remoteness of the phenomena evaporated, and it hurt like crazy. My pain gave birth to the poem, “I Did not Know” .
“I Did not Know” and similar poems can be found in my book Splendor from Ashes
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So sad to hear about child abuse cases. My husband encounters these issues at his job,
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i think its great you’re tackling such issues. they need addressing
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Abuse: We often believe that if it does not touch us personally, it is not our problem. So we close our eyes, pretending it doesn’t exist… Then we discover that it is happening all around us… It is a taboo… there is so much shame around it. What if we would start to talk about it more openly? Thank you for bringing it up and starting the conversation 🙂
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Child abuse is real and many people turn away from it like it doesn’t exist. It’s inspiring to see people like you who bring awareness to this horrible issue. Great post!
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Thank you
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Always a difficult topic to discuss but so needed!
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Good on you for addressing these issues! I had never known the story of Persephone, very interesting!
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Child abuse is an issue that needs more people talking about it. I think many people think it’s something that only happens in bad neighborhoods. But it happens everywhere and we can’t start to heal it until we really begin exposing the problem.
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This such a tough and sensitive issue to tack but its SO important. You’re right, people are willfully ignorant to whats really happening because if they paid attention, they’d be obligated to do something. Sadly people get more outraged over animal abuse than they do about children being raped. It really turns my stomach. Thank you for being a voice for those that dont have one of their own
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I agree with you Heidi
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Child abuse goes under so often especially sexual abuse. There is a tendency to be more denial in that area.
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I love that you’re talking about these issues in such an open forum!
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Wow. Child abuse is so terribly sad. Thanka for writing this.
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Powerful, deep, and much-needed. You and your book were created for such a time as this. Praying abundant blessings over you!
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Well thank you so much
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Such a sad thing. I hope your words give hope to others!
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That is is my intention
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My husband is in law enforcement. This is a real issue. I hate child abuse cases.
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I pray for God’s guidance for him as he deals with this vexing issue
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“Remote phenomena until it comes home to roost.” Wow, that’s so true; the same can be said for so many things! Thank you for tackling such an important issue.
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You’re welcome. this issue needs to be addressed
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this is such a tough and sensitive issue to tack but it really needs to be talked about! great post.
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I agree
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It breaks my heart when I hear about child abuse. Your book could never be more timely. Thanks for talking about this issue.
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It breaks my heart that a child should be burdened with such pain and loss while thee perpetrator goes free.
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I appreciate your kind comments
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This same thing happened to a dear friends daughter. It has devastated their family. I’d love to hear your poem.
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You can read it as my book Splendor from Ashes where the poem can be found is available on Amazon.com.
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It broke my heart when I heard as she was my daughter’s friend. We learned of this years later
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This is such a powerful piece on child abuse. Thank you for writing it!
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You’re welcome Leigh. We’ve go to speak up
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Thank you so much for opening up and talking about this. More people need to talk about this and shed light on the dark matter. You are making a difference in speaking up
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You’re welcome Jennifer. Silence communicates indifference and allows the perpetrators to flourish.
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Thanks for your vote of approval
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Child abuse is horrible, thank you for sharing your opinion on the matter
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Neutrality and and silence helps the perpetrators.
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Beautifully written post and i think it’s great to tackle such inportant subject!!
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Silence amounts to collusion with the enemy so we got to speak up.
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difficult but important subject to be touched on
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