Lili Tuwai is a writer and an advocate for survivors of child abuse. Her work aims to assist in Breaking the Silence on abuse through poetry & short stories..other works include topics of love, ho...
Lili Tuwai is a writer and an advocate for survivors of child abuse. Her work aims to assist in Breaking the Silence on abuse through poetry & short stories..other works include topics of love, hope, inspiration & empowerment.
Playground Contemplation
Some days deep in contemplation she weighs up certain deeds pulling her down like he did during her young days. Breathing in his intoxication she experienced a different childhood along the sliding scale of life.
How strange it is she thinks that somersaults in spring can fade to summer assaults in any weather and how a familiar face offering his umbrella as cover can over-shadow innocence.
Is it not bizarre she reflects a child in play doing flips can be flipped from childhood through another's turn onto uneven ground and how adults holding hands can gaze in a different direction.
Some days in contemplation skipping childhood memories she jumps as jagged fragments fall fitting disturbances in place and missing pieces into an old puzzle needing completion in hope self-hate will fade.
She often thinks how odd it is present days can be suddenly twisted or bent out of shape through games of hide and seek by those who prefer to build castles and bury truth in the sand.
Most days in silence she slips within To question if past acts of child abuse can ever leave one unscathed in a world that loves make believe and punishes children telling tales. In the jungle gym of her mind, she yearns for that hour of liberation.
Copyright(c)Lili Tuwai 2007
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kean
Take care
John x
blessings,
Teza