Suffer Not The Little Ones

By forest_for_ever

I have begun writing a lot recently about domestic violence.  Something I witnessed first hand and something I abhor. My heart has begun to fight back and this is one small way of dealing with the pain all too many feel and a pain I can vividly remember.

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Rocking Rocking

By forest_for_ever on Fri, 06 Nov 2015

Rocking, rocking… Rocking, rocking.. Tick tock goes the clock Rocking, rocking… Thoughts that NEVER stop Rocking, rocking… Desperately dulling pain...
Poem
Certificate U

One Day The Mouse Will Roar

By forest_for_ever on Fri, 13 Nov 2015

One Day The Mouse Will Roar A frail scrap of humanity Hears the ogre roar Trembling in the shadows A maelstrom of confused emotion Rips his heart...
Philosophy
Poem
Certificate U

Take Me Back To My Womb

By forest_for_ever on Thu, 02 Feb 2017

Take Me Back To My Womb Fluffy fingers, shimmering shawl Cooing faces, aliens to me. Take me back to my womb! I was safe in darkness there. Warm and...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate PG

Take A Second Look

By forest_for_ever on Sun, 05 Feb 2017

Take A Second Look In a café far away Or so the stories say. No one glares with a ‘tut tut tutter Manners to disgrace a pig’ they utter. I can be...
Opinion
Poem
Certificate U

Let Go

By forest_for_ever on Sun, 14 Jan 2018

Letting go and letting God..hard, but worth it.
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate U

Calling Lydia

By forest_for_ever on Sun, 11 Mar 2018

Lydia was taken from us but 3 days old. Her twin live on...rest Lydia, rest
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Free From Fear

By forest_for_ever on Thu, 21 Feb 2019

Free From Fear Blackboard, chalk scored Whiteboard, black marked The jungle’s just as forbidding A harsh remark A sly under-table kick A pellet spat...
Spiritual
Poem
Certificate U
Cherry

Just Our Little Secret

By forest_for_ever on Sat, 23 Feb 2019

I know it's dark, but it had to be written.
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Poem
Certificate PG