Unhappy Christmas by Steve Woodman
What did you get for Christmas?
Was it something nice?
I'm sitting here in Casualty,
My face is packed with ice.
I dread it every Christmas,
They never give me toys,
Daddy will get drunk again,
His nights out with the boys.
I know he doesn't mean it,
He's far to drunk to know,
He hits me hard for nothing,
And bruises always show.
A Christmas to remember,
The policemen had to call,
They took my Dad away this time,
He said I'd had a fall.
He's really done it this time,
An ambulance had to come,
That's why I'm sitting here in Casualty,
Waiting with me Mum.
Was it something nice?
I'm sitting here in Casualty,
My face is packed with ice.
I dread it every Christmas,
They never give me toys,
Daddy will get drunk again,
His nights out with the boys.
I know he doesn't mean it,
He's far to drunk to know,
He hits me hard for nothing,
And bruises always show.
A Christmas to remember,
The policemen had to call,
They took my Dad away this time,
He said I'd had a fall.
He's really done it this time,
An ambulance had to come,
That's why I'm sitting here in Casualty,
Waiting with me Mum.
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It saddens me, that every day, children around the world suffer abuse from drunken parents, and at Christmas, a special time for children, parents use it as an excuse to get smashed and then take it out on their children.
This poem was written especially for the children.
This poem was written especially for the children.
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really touching poem ,,, - kristine. |
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it is a very touching poem. it made me feel for the poet. - jamie |
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it is sad but a good poem - elizabeth |
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i think this poem makes people stop and think what really goes on in the word and makes it real and i think thats what we need to get across to people that this does really happen to children and its not something hat can be ignored! - nikki |
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well reading your poem really helped me. but it brang back so many memoeies. im so happy you got out befor you really got hert. i think ill do the same. - lexi |
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i liked this poem a lot. it was very sad . but i still like it - kaitlyn |
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i really like this poem becouse it is a bout something that i know alot a bout but it was not my dad that hits me it ues to be one of my exboyfriends. - crystal |
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terribly sad, yet a true part of life for some unfortunate children. - Sharon |
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this was very good it touched me - patricia |
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i don't know if you wrote this cause it was like that for you or cause you know someone, but i lived through this every christmas from 4yrs to 13yrs when my dad killed himself so i know exactly the pain and suffering you/they went through. Remember that eventually, someone, somewhere will make your christmas special. You just have to wait. x - laurie |
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it was very touching. i have never been in this position and hope to never be. this person is filled with courage and i wish them well - hannah |
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I really love this poem. I have been physically and mentally abused - rebecca |
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hey,I really liked ur poem,better christmas this year - tracey |
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this was very sad but extremely touching and is a real eye opener because i had a brother like that - megan |
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this poem mean something 2 me because that what had happen 2 me but it was worst people will always look at me like i was a kid from the street. well i like this poem. - lala |
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that was a toaching poem it doesnt matter if it was an accident or if they were drunk there was no resaon i lived in a famiy were my dad used to hit my stepmom and hit beat her up 8 times and then she finally called the cops and me and all my sisters and brothers were tooken away from them and now we still are today in socil services i hate the fact that they can jus come in ur lives and take u out of ur family but if they didnt my dad might hav really hurt her worse than a concussion this time well i think that poem was awesome and toaching! rock on - noelle |
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the poem really touched me. Alot of people actually have the same feeling or life. The peom was great - Samantha |
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That was a great poem. I have read and wrote alot of great poems, but out of all the ones I've read that one was the best. Somw people have it easy, but people like you and me have to stuggle through life, but no matter what always remember there much better in store for you. And again I loved your poem, it reminds me how my dad is till this day - baby thug |
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This is heart-wrenching. :-( I know it may be cliché to quote last lines, hehe, but those two last lines are magic. Makes me want to hug that poor kid - Lynne |
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This poem is very sad and some children have to grow up living in families like that. I think that is really sad that people could go out and have children then come home and abuse them for no reason. - Amanda |
