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for the victims of child abuse.
The Call
I got a call
from a friend today this was what she had to say:
"I heard the
little girl crying today again
it happens
all the time since they moved in"
I told her
who I thought she needed to call,
But she always
says "I took a nasty fall"
I asked right
out if she had been hit
and she looked
at me and said "No thats not it"
She says she
is clumsy and seems to fall a lot
but I see all
of the terrible bruises she has got.
I told her that
I was here for her
any time she
needs me to be
she looked
so scared and said
"Please
can't you just leave it be"
I told my friend
that she needed to act
cause the abused
always deny it thats a fact
"I don't think
she wants me to
I really don't
know how much good I could do
I let her in
when she is feeling sad
and I ask her
about her mom and dad
She doesn't
have to much to say
just that they
are busy and she some times gets in their way
"They don't
mean to get so riled
I think
somtimes they forget that
I am just
a child"
So I really
don't know how to help her out
I am not sure
how to let her know
what child
abuse is really all about"
I told my friend
please don't wait
make the call,
now is not the time to hesitate
We hung up
the phone and I started to pray
for the little
girl to make out okay
My friend called
again a few days later
she sounded
upset I asked "whats the matter"..
"They took
her parents to jail today
I didn't think
it would end this way
I should have
listened when you said to call
But I didn't
think it was my business at all"
They found her
fragile body at the bottom of the stairwell
That poor little
girl has surely been through hell
If I had only
made that call
She might not
have had to take that fatal fall
I have to go
the police are here
wanting any
information that I can share
I now sadly
wish that a few days ago
I would have
called to tell them what I know.
Author: Sharon
Schafer
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