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Take him away

March 6, 2019
By Anonymous

If you are an alcoholic

and beating your kids everyday

then it’s okay

to take him away

If you are kind

and feeding your kids love everyday

then there’s no need

to take him away

 

But what about the middle

 

What if he doesn’t always raise a fist

but instead

raises his voice

in a way to make you

beat yourself

instead of him

having to do the work

Never drank or raised a glass

but instead

broke the glass vase

to shut you up

Doesn’t leave too many marks on your skin

but leaves way too many on your brain

Do we take him away then

© Anonymous

The author's comments:

This piece is to create an awareness for verbal or mental abuse that a parent (in this case a father) would have on a child. I’m currently taking psychology, and I learned that for many years people didn’t believe in psychological illnesses or abuse. There’s a stigma about it because you cannot see it. You can’t crack someone’s head open and say, “Oh yeah, that DID do damage to them.” There is a grey area between two types of parenting styles, and not many people even think it’s real to mentally abuse a child. Hopefully this creates any awareness on what is okay and what is not.

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