poet Dave Alan Walker
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A Child Becomes A Man

Scars of the mind
that will never heal
things that we have seen
that don't seem real

We are the survivors
in a world of dreams
dreams that we should
never have had

A child becomes a man
scared of the past
he once had

Submitted: Sunday, October 28, 2012
Edited: Monday, October 29, 2012

Poet's Notes about The Poem

What domestic violence can do to you as a child
and an adult.

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  • Chandra Thiagarajan (2/17/2013 10:47:00 PM)

    Yes. We all have to shun domestic violence and the corporal punishment meted out to a child is heinous and the scar will ne'er vanish! !

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