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My Safe Place
by Mark Nosack → (All Poetry by Mark Nosack)
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A story about a child who experiences domestic violence.
My Safe Place Please take me back to my home Take me to the dark place I was found Please take me to my safe place Where I=m protected from the horrors and the sounds Please take me to my safe place Between the wall and the heater Please take me to the place I stay When pappa hurts momma, when he beats her Please take me to my safe place When they fight throughout the night I=m old enough to know when He hits her it=s not right In my safe place I can dream of smiles And dream of breakfast of milk and lucky charms I dream of times when I was smaller When I fell asleep in her warm loving arms Please take me to my safe place Between the heater and the wall Take me to my safe place Where I can get away from it all When momma said don=t ever leave that spot Don=t move from that space until I come I promised her that I would stay there Then prayed a billion prayers, then some So when that policeman pulled me out To where I saw the blood and momma=s torn lace I asked him where my momma was He mouthed, AShe=s in a better place.” She can=t be, she can=t be, she can=t be Momma=s my only reprieve She promised me, that the two of us Would someday find a way to leave My momma would never leave me here She promised to always protect me from harm Take me to her, take me now I want to fall asleep in her warm loving arms Please take me to my safe place Between the heater and the wall Where my momma can come and find me So we can escape from it all

Reviewed by Mary Lacey Desertrat

Reviewed on July 13, 2009

What a horrible fate! You have a gift of telling this tragic tale where it pains the soul. It's maddening that children have to suffer through this.

Mary

Reviewed by Jms Bell

MY LORD...WHAT CAN I SAY...? THE ABSENCE OF THE ELOQUENT FLAIR OF ARTISTIC VOCABULARY IS SO EVIDENT AND THEN IT IS SO UNNEEDED, IN THIS PROFOUNDLY SIMPLE, WELL WRITTEN WORK THAT IS LADENED WITH THE SAD BEAUTY AND RICHNESS OF A DEPICTION THAT IS SO VIVIDLY CLEAR IN ITS DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVESATING EMOTIONS OF DENIAL, CONFUSION, LOST AND PAIN INFLICTED ON A INNOCENT CHILD...WHO BECOMES A VICTIM ALSO. I WAS THERE IN THAT CREVICE BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE HEATER AND I HEARD THE SOUNDS...THE SOUNDS THAT I KNOW THE CHILD CAN
NEVER FORGET...BUT CAN...WITH THE HELP OF GOD...FIND THE STRENGTH,
DAY AFTER DAY TO GO ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING AND GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS.

Reviewed by Karen Palumbo

Your words bring it all back very vividly. Some things we never really get over....

Be always safe,
Karen