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T'was the night before Christmas (Poem on domestic violence)
by Dean Fraser-Phillips   
Rated "G" by the Author.
     
Last edited: Sunday, December 4, 2016
Posted: Wednesday, December 23, 2009

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A poem seen through the eyes of a child witnessing domestic violence.

Twas the night before Christmas

When we children should dream

But all I can hear is Mummy’s loud scream

 

Daddy is hitting her again and again

This year I hope

That the blood does not stain

 

Not one of us kids

Dare make a sound

For fear that Daddy’s violence

Would double and rebound

 

We silently prayed

That mummy would be ok

And that somehow she would live

To see Christmas Day

 

So please Father Christmas

Tell me if you got my list?

I want Mummy to be safe

From Daddy’s big fist

 

Can you bring me enough hope?

So Mummy does not live in fear

Let this be the last violent New Year

 

For I don’t want to wake up

On a cold Christmas Day

To see Mummy in a coffin

Being taken away.


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Reviewed by Miller Caldwell
Reviewed on November 30, 2016
Sad but sadly so common. Some men should have no wives and certainly not children. My prayers are for all children who suffer emotionally at this festive time which is also the forerunner of couples heading for divorce in the first week of January. A poem which should be on the bill boards.

Hit the wall and not the child
Take a deep breath, don’t get riled
You were once an infant too
Carers thought the world of you

You grew up into your teens
Anger surfaced, violent scenes
Break the circle don’t be tethered
Or you find the family severed

Rid the land of Child Abuse
Banish every false excuse
See them grow up in delight
Childhood valued. Get it right.

 

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