BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE SOIL
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TITLE: BROTHERS and SISTERS OF THE SOIL
A public awareness book about the various forms of child abuse. A compilation of actual stories the author has collected over the years, phrased into prose and poetry.
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LITTLE GIRL IN A LIGHT BLUE DRESS
Little girl in the light blue dress,
All dressed up and grown,
Running ‘midst the dandelions,
Blowing seeds as the leaves are thrown
Here and there and everywhere.
Dreaming seems . . . as she roams
To come easily to this child,
Living in the wild. (Her other home)
Give her an apple to chew on,
Grapes to suck free from the seeds,
Carrots from the garden,
And fl owers . . . some call weeds.
No more doth this little girl need
‘Cept a turtle, or maybe two.
Growing up is easy for this fairy
In her lovely, little dress of blue.
Oh what misery awaits this child,
We will never know-
As she was killed -- by a pedophile;
Now she will never grow.
*Go rest in God’s bosom,
My own stricken dear,
Though the earth fled from thee,
Thy home is there.
I find you still in the smile
That no cloud can o’ercast,
And in my heart,
Remembering you
Till the very last.
*The author is paying homage to Poet Thomas Moore
About the Author
MY LIFE OF PROSE
When it became completely apparent --
Because of visual problems and six eye surgeries
That my service out in the world was no longer desired,
Then I found myself without children or a husband,
I decided to do what my eye doctors told me I could not do.
Having been an adult education teacher I decided to teach myself.
I bought a computer, put on some dark glasses,
Taught my self by trial and error,
Then began to explore the internet for universities,
As driving over 30 minutes was not an option for me.
I collected all of my writings and began to edit them.
On the good days’ I began to illustrate these writings.
Having graduated from 4 years of art school back in 72
And worked for a newspaper briefly when I was young;
Those two things really appealed to me.
Continued in book.