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Tony Anderson Sep 2020
No
Voices yelling at me
People hitting me
People punching me
People kicking me


Laughter is heard
I know I am the joke
They get their joy from my pain
They get their joy from my tears


They want me to hurt
Physically
Mentally
Emotionally
They want to laugh at my scars
They want to laugh at my life


Day after day
They laugh
Spit wads stick in my hair
They may be having fun
The fun stopped for me a long time ago
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Bound and gagged
Laying on the floor
Naked
Bleeding
Hurting
The Salt from my tears stings
As they wash over the wounds upon my boby


For three years we had been friends
For three years we had been like brothers
Having cookouts
Going to ball games and parties
Celebrating each other’s life
or
Just hanging out
Just the two of us


Little did I know the monster within my friend
It started out as small stuff
Touching
The way he spoke
Sometimes it ways the way he acted


Then one night while we sat on the couch
watching tv
He made his move
And jumped me
I tried to fight him off
But
To no avail


When I fought he fought back
Punching
Kicking
In some cases cutting me with a knife


Finally I gave up trying to fight
Seeing it was doing no good
And was just getting me hurt worse
Once when he had his knife out and was cutting me
I screamed “ Go ahead and **** me while you’re at it.”
His response “No I want to here you scream.”


He finally bound me
And started his ***** deed
Pounding his tool in my ***
Like a jackhammer
Again, and again, and again
The more I screamed in pain
The more he laughed


Through tears and blood
I endured it all
Then he was done
Before he left he told me
If I said anything to anyone
He’d come back and **** me
He gagged me just to be safe


After he left
Through much struggle
I worked free of my bonds


I never said anything about that moment
Until now
Two weeks after this happened
He was in a car crash and died
Justice paid from above
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words can never hurt me


We are taught that lie as we grow up
However
Words do hurt


The wounds from sticks and stone can heal
The wounds caused by words may never heal


The wounds caused by sticks and stones
Only show on the outside
The wounds caused by words
Go much much deeper within


Sticks and stones may break my bones
But words can never hurt me


What a lie
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Mommy the monster is back
Honey I keep telling you it is all in your head
But I will check one more time
No monsters under your bed
No monsters in your closet
Now try to get some sleep


Mommy’s wrong
The monster’s are not just in my head
But all around me


Bullies
Mom and dad fighting
Are just the normal stuff


Abuse and ****
Sexually
Physically
Emotionally


No mom the monster is not just in my head
It lives
It breathes
Day after day it stacks me
Waiting for a time to strike


The face of the monster
Is comprised of everyone I have ever known


No mom the monster is real
You and dad just fail to see it
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
You
Darkness of the world
Desends upon my soul
The smile from your face
Fills me with the light of hope


The world tries to get in my way
One look at your smile
Clears the way
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Tony what do you think when you look at me
An ocean
Are you calling me fat
Not at all


I say an ocean
Because when you speak
The words have depth and meaning
Not shallow and worthless


Each word you speak
A tidal wave of truth
Each word you speak
A whirlpool


I say an ocean
Because there is treasure
Hidden in all you say


The truth within your words surge
Like a mighty tide
That crashes upon
Everything that is false
Within this world
Tony Anderson Sep 2020
Believe in yourself
Follow your dreams
Let nothing stand in your way


At times it will seem like
Running head first into a brick wall
Tear down the wall blocking you
Move on


At times people will try to
Shut you down
Don’t listen to them
Look in your heart
Stand on firm ground


Believe in yourself
Follow your dreams
Let nothing stand in your way


When life puts a mountain in your path
Show that you have no fear
Climb that mountain
Hold nothing back


At times the world will try
To hold you down
Brake the bonds
Move on


Believe in yourself
Follow your dreams
Let nothing stand in your way
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