DAVID HARKINS POETRY
WHAT MAKES YOU LIKE THIS?
What makes you like this?
I wish it is because
You live your life
With magnificent carelessness.
You believe
It is because
Your mother's threat
To lock you away
In a metal institution,
Where you go bed alone,
Is what makes you like this.
Only they know -
Your family -
The real answer -
How your granddad
Abused you -
What your mother calls,
Just interference -
Is what makes you like this.
It is past midnight
And you lie here,
Beside me,
Unable to sleep.
David Harkins 12 05 03
Sexual Abuse is a crime which leaves its victim scarred for life. Imagine you are a 14 year old girl (with mental health problems) who is sexually abused by a member of your own family. Do you allow the perpetrator of this terrible crime to continue - and give him the opportunity to further violate you or make you pregnant? Or do you tell your mum? It's an easy one to answer: You tell your mum. But what if your mum ignores your plight and instead actively encourages your abuser? It's a dilemma we would not wish on our worst enemy....
I wish it is because
You live your life
With magnificent carelessness.
You believe
It is because
Your mother's threat
To lock you away
In a metal institution,
Where you go bed alone,
Is what makes you like this.
Only they know -
Your family -
The real answer -
How your granddad
Abused you -
What your mother calls,
Just interference -
Is what makes you like this.
It is past midnight
And you lie here,
Beside me,
Unable to sleep.
David Harkins 12 05 03
Sexual Abuse is a crime which leaves its victim scarred for life. Imagine you are a 14 year old girl (with mental health problems) who is sexually abused by a member of your own family. Do you allow the perpetrator of this terrible crime to continue - and give him the opportunity to further violate you or make you pregnant? Or do you tell your mum? It's an easy one to answer: You tell your mum. But what if your mum ignores your plight and instead actively encourages your abuser? It's a dilemma we would not wish on our worst enemy....
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WHAT MAKES YOU LIKE THIS?
WHAT MAKES YOU LIKE THIS?
