Abolishing Child Abuse

Child abuse...Doesn’t this word bring a disturbance to your soul? not just the word but the meaning .Yes this is one of the most disturbing and outrageous act, its similar to domestic violence and bullying .But it is done to a child a small innocent child and do you know who does this ?the parent or any adult. Let me share with you a poem about child abuse just to make you aware of the affects.

'Billy'

My name is  Billy
I'm only three,
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see,

I must be stupid
I must be bad,
What else could have
Made my daddy so mad?

I wish I were better
I wish I weren't ugly,
Then maybe my mommy
Would still want to hug me.

I can't speak at all
I can't do a wrong
Or else I'm locked up
All the day long.

When I awake
I'm all alone
The house is dark
My folks aren't home.

When my mommy does come
I'll try and be nice,
So maybe I'll get just
One whipping tonight.

Don't make a sound!
I just heard a car
My daddy is back
From Charlie's Bar.

I hear him curse,
My name he calls,
I press myself
Against the wall.

I try and hide
From his evil eyes,
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry.

He finds me weeping,
He shouts ugly words,
He says its my fault
That he suffers at work.

He slaps me and hits me
And yells at me more,
I finally get free
And I run for the door.

He's already locked it
And I start to bawl,
He takes me and throws me
Against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor
With my bones nearly broken,
And my daddy continues
With more bad words spoken.

"I'm sorry!", I scream,
But its much too late.
His face has been twisted
Into unimaginable hate.

The hurt and the pain
Again and again.
Oh please God, have mercy!
Oh please let it end!

And he finally stops
And heads for the door,
While I lay there motionless
Sprawled on the floor.

Now this poem i hope summarized child abuse, it is a sad and emotional experience and unfortunately this act still occurs in every country across the world .This was my next assignment in my TV and film class to do a PSA (public service announcement) in a group on a topic we were passionate about so we picked child abuse .We picked this for two reasons one there was not enough awareness on this topic and two we had to let people know. For our performance we decided to do a human video with no speaking just actions and music .We decided to do this because its unique and we believe actions speak louder than words, it was a powerful act that summarized child abuse and how it is dealt. We also gave facts, told a story and did a slide show presentation. And this post is a PSA, here is a question do you know of someone that has been abused as a child or a child that is being abuse just remember don't be afraid speak up. And i have a challenge for you the reader go out and spread the news about child abuse .So stop the abuse...stop the abuse ....stop the abuse...Stop the abuser!!!