This is about paedophiles. Before anyone says anything I am not under any circumstances saying it is right and they deserve pity…only im focusing on victims to offenders…the problem that these people have is that some of them who were abused in childhood go on to commit the same offences- simply because they know no better…it’s too late when getting prison sentences..some stop..a lot do not..problem is they should have had better help when they themselves were the victims, but most don’t even get help, or they keep it a secret…so if that’s all they’ve ever known and they don’t get help even if they ask for it, how do they know it’s wrong in a lot of cases? where does the blame go?

cheek to cheek the beaming grins

full with beautiful and courageous ambition

making a house of stones

with muddy hands that place them down

unafraid

no bashful play acting here

laughing at nothing more than each others laughter

until they collapse into a hush

clever little piggies they lay in wait

for daddy wolf to huff and puff

and cast their work aside

strong grasp, they cannot escape

tickling them until they cannot take anymore

blissful surrender

but in reality, the wolf comes in disguise

it is never the ones you know of that you should fear the most

but the strangers you cannot see

cue the all too friendly neighbours

the teachers, the carers, the other family members

the spiders that creep into the cracks

contorting the air with futile promises

ones learned way back in the dark recesses

of someones else’s possession game

seeping their tricks into the naive minds

contaminating innocence

rose buds still yet to bloom

stripping the layers of undiscovered dreams away

the sickness strips

unnerved are the fragile fears

how could this be so easy?

the smiles they fade

broken by another persons weakness

the secrets

the whispers

tears, disgrace, written upon their faces

more statistics of childhoods that have been wasted

tainted in despicable acts

destroyed inside, confidence left in ruins

begging for an end, the pain to depart

used and discarded, time and again

and inside their own houses made of bricks

the safety latch is on, but the walls are wearing thin

with the words of comfort draining in, but going nowhere

only the words of a spider settle in

telling them to join the hunt

to force themselves upon a more simple

easy target

because someone has to suffer

on the whole everyone involved deserves it

false convictions follow them through

belief that isn’t wrong as far as they understand anyway

a vicious circle, where will it end?

locked behind bars

the scum of the universe

but they were the beaming grins once upon a tale

where was their help when it could have made a difference?

too late when they get carted off

change, reform, release

and do it all over again

where do we part the blame?

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  • Christine Ramsay on Jul 14, 2010

    You are so right. If these victims had received the help they needed when first abused they may have led more wholesome lives. This is such a powerful, evocative and beautifully expressed piece. Well done.

    Christine

  • pattiann on Jul 14, 2010

    Very interesting poem, plus well written.I have a couple ideas for poems I’m going to try to get posted. I’d be honored if you read them and give me your opinion. IT might be awhile.

  • ShadowPsychos on Jul 14, 2010

    ofcourse i will :D

  • Lord Banks on Jul 14, 2010

    Its a very difficult subject for most people to even admit they think about it. More help is needed apart from hate and name and shame, mob rule dosn’t cure the problem. Segregate them for sure or even chemical castration. The problem won’t just go away. THough provocing excellent work. David.

  • Jimmy Shilaho on Jul 14, 2010

    The issue you have so well expressed is very emotive for many people. To me, pedophiles have no excuse whatsoever, and whether they were abused or not should not be the issue but like you say, its time the society took better care of its children.

  • Vaibhav Diwaker on Jul 14, 2010

    hmmmmm…..lovely piece……..

  • ashan1614 on Jul 14, 2010

    Prevention is always better than trying to find a cure after the fact. Hopefully today, those that have been victimized will seek help before they victimize another. We have to break the cycle.

  • suhail on Jul 14, 2010

    well expressed , some how my heart still fails to find any feels for such rats … if your are ruined and know the pain it caused you how can you go on doing the same for others … it is understandable if you lost your mind because of the anguish but most are very shrewed and calculative … bad thing happened but not a justification to torment others …

  • TommyP on Jul 15, 2010

    Wow!!! A powerful piece to be sure… Excellent use of metaphor! (Wish I were better at it) Scary the way the world works today. Keep submitting & I’ll keep reading! Thanx T

  • rajaryanme on Jul 16, 2010

    Wow…….amazing write. great one.

  • Renee Hudson on Jul 26, 2010

    That really strikes close to home here…Very good read as always :)

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