Teach Your Daughters Poem by Randy McClave

Please, teach your daughters well
Tell them they don't deserve to be treated like hell,
If in trouble come home from a failed marriage or relationship
And always advise and support them for that trip.
Teach and tell your daughters to run as fast as they can
If they are ever with an abusive or a possessive man,
And tell them never against him to stand and argue and fight
But, to run away from him with all of their might.
Though with a man a relationship she did choose
It doesn't ever give the man the right to intimidate or abuse,
Nor does it give him the right to curse or insult
Because, her and him are both an adult.
Don't care what your friends or family might ever think or say
Tell your daughters never to be ashamed to walk or run away,
And tell them that your front door is always unlocked
And from you, they are never ever blocked.
Tell your daughters no man has the right to hit or to beat her
No matter what happened or what did occur,
And never tell your daughter to just stay win him
Because, this could just be the prelim.
Please teach and tell your daughters to always come home
When scared or afraid, and never to be on the roam,
Remember, it is better if your daughters needs to come home often
Than coming home that one time, in a coffin.

Randy L. McClave