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[aid] => Mick
[title] => Your Children Come First
[time] => 2003-03-08 10:30:00
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[bodytext] => While writing here this morning
The phone rang down the hall I wasn't going to answer it But you never know who might call As I touched the handpiece My tummy did some turns Bad feelings soon came over me And I cried with what I heard My friend at the women's shelter Rang to let me know That the lady I'd been caring for Had taken a horrible blow She was in the local hospital Badly beaten,all alone Her children had been asking Could they ring me on the phone I drove with such emotion I imagined the childrens cries As their daddy beat their mummy Right before their little eyes I knew I must stay strong For at least the childrens sake But when I saw their lil faces I was filled with much heartache They ran with teary eyes and Fell into my arms I looked then over their shoulders At what was now their mum I kept it altogether I assured them she'd be fine Then called for a nurse to take them Out into the warm sunshine They had seen enough Why were they sitting in here Passing by the minutes Each with their silent tears I walked over to their mother And sat next to her bed Softly then I brushed her hair Back from her beaten head So many stitches and bruises Covered her swollen face Her head was so distorted Everything looked out of place I held her hand so gently So frightened she might break And when she felt my comfort Her eyes slowly came awake She couldn't talk or whisper Not make any kind of sound But I saw what she was feeling As she laid there looking down I spoke to her about the kids I told her they were near Because I knew that welfare Was her greatest fear We sat awhile in silence For there wasn't a lot to say I held her hand till she went to sleep Then quietly tip-toed away As I left the hospital room Around the corner they came Carrying balloons and chocolates Screaming out my name They wanted to come home with me And no matter how I tried They refused to believe they couldn't In the end we just sat and cried Two lil babes within my arms Exhausted with sleeping eyes Precious lil innocent souls Who know nothing of judgement or lies The nurses take them from my arms And assure me they have a bed I smile slightly and wipe a tear As I kiss them both on their heads Slowly I turned and walked away And prayed with all my heart That their mum would get better And leave their dad to make a brand new start So many times they keep going back For reasons most dont understand I guess its more scarier to look over your shoulder Than to look at the back of his hand If only they'd learn that the children count too And it's not right that they don't have a say That's why you must always look after for your kids Let nothing or nobody stand in your way They love and trust you,rely so much on you You must always keep their hearts near Don't let them down,you are all they have Afterall ...they didn't ask to be here [comments] => 3 [counter] => 750 [topic] => 31 [informant] => LovingWhispers [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => StoryPoetry )
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