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Poem "The Witness":
- written April 2009
- published May 4, 2009
- viewed 22 times

Other poems by Ryan Gordon Penn:
»An ode to Michael Jackson [August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009]«
»Awkward«
»Being Alone«
»Besotted«
»Escape«
»Faceless«
»I Will Honour You«
»Light in the Darkness«
»Love Fools«
»Love you regardless«
»Loveproof«
»Minus-Minus, Plus-Plus«
»Mystery Feeling«
»One Less Valentine«
»Pretty Lady«
»See my Life«
»Separate Tables«
»Show You Me«
»Single«
»Springtime«
»The Best For Me«
»The Ghost of Henley«
»The Women I've Loved«
»Trickling Love«
»Tyre Iron«
»Wishing Star«
»With Love, I can«


»The Witness«

by Ryan Gordon Penn

The Daddy hit the Mommy and the Child felt the pain
The Daddy hit the Bottle and the Child will do the same
The Mommy cried at night and the Child got the blame
The Mommy became reclusive and the child was ashamed
The Daddy lost his job and the Mommy had to find work
The Mommy had only brought home enough for food and the Daddy went berserk
The Daddy could not drink anymore so instead the Mommy's dignity was consumed
The Mommy reached the point where she was so numb her very fibre was entombed
The Child knows all about this, Being The Witness

The Child grows up to face this world with a toolcase of life experiences from their childhood
The Child seeks out, as we all do, Someone kind and attractive who treats them real good
The Child ends up with an abusive partner, a liar, Cheat or tyrant
The result of lessons well taught by their abusive parent
The Child will marry and more of their lessons will be lived out
Like how to control somebody with a flat hand and a shout
The Marriage will bring forth another child into this universe
To play witness to the abuse, This constant wretched curse

This child grew up to reject the inherent abuse witnessed during their upbringing
This child chose care over violence and unconditional love instead of drinking
The Witness can choose their path and how to testify their lives
The Witness can choose how to treat their precious Husbands and their Wives
You need to admit your a Witness before you can stop the cycle
You can heal yourself with this life purpose type miracle

So Mommys and Daddys who may read this, Take care with the lives of the fragile, The Witness
Other poems tagged with Growing up, Parents

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  •  Hettie Van Zyl: "how true your words are The molding of a childs future life is the parents and by witnessing what they do sat the patern.You bring to the forth a big problem in many homes. thanks for a poem of real life."