Distress

06 Jan 2009

·BurnedTooOften

How can someone not let you see your own blood? Not a toy, not a game, not a joke. Rules, rules, rules. How can I sit idle while my child goes ignored? Not played with, not loved on, not held with cared arms. Loopholes, loopholes, loopholes. How can I protect someone I cannot be with? Not shelter, not guard, not defend. Laws, laws, laws. How can I know my son is safe with a deviant relative? Not nice, not sane, not stable. Patience, patience, patience. How can I live on if another of my line is destroyed? Not calmly, not gleefully, not hopeful. Insanity.

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Life is getting better for me and my family, so I am struggling for material to write about, but I'm still around. I'm always looking to talk to others about writing or critique on it, so if you are interested in such, i'm on messenger as...

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