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Posted by kiddo on August 14, 2001, at 23:50:12
There is a child I once knew. She wanted to run and jump like the other children, but that wasn't meant to be. She was broken like a porcelain doll. Her life was thrown to the wind, the pieces falling where they may. She could never play and be a child because she was Forgotten, never to be seen again.
There is a young child I once knew. Seeking to fill an emptiness that couldn't be filled. She was lonely, longing to have friends. Instead she was an outcast, left to stand alone. Wanting only to be accepted and loved. But that wasn't meant to be. She was beaten, broken beyond repair. She was Forgotten, never to be seen again.
There is a woman I know. Searching for the child to pick up the broken pieces. Seeking to find the young girl, to let her know she will be accepted someday, and it isn't so bad to stand alone.
Her name is Forgotten. Lost in the world around her. Faded into the many shades of black around her. Hoping never to be seen again, yet hoping for someone to save her, someone just to care. Someone to tell her that she isn't Forgotten anymore.
Kiddo
Posted by paxvox on August 15, 2001, at 8:32:38
In reply to Forgotten, posted by kiddo on August 14, 2001, at 23:50:12
Kiddo,
Poem or autobiography......doesn't really matter.
Here's what I have to say. There is a dichotomy. On the one hand, we are products of nature and nurture, and we can no more throw that away than we can change our DNA. Secondly, to quote Cicero,
"Not to know what happened before we were born is to forever remain a child". From that, I take this: if we do not acknowledge what happened while we were children, then we cannot understand why we are who we are today. However, to know of our problems and not try to get them fixed is to remain "a child" in more ways than one. I use this story as an example, even if you are not a Christian, the logic is sound. In John 5 we hear about a man, crippled for 38 years, that is "stranded" by a pool of healing waters that have been known to cure all kinds of illness. Jesus approaches the man to inquire why he has not gotten into the healing waters. The cripple answers that every time he tries, the crowd pushes him back, and no one will help him get to the healing waters. Now here comes the key: In John 5:6, Jesus asks the man (what seems like an obvious question) "Do you WANT to be healed?" When the man finally mulls over all the implications, he is finally ready to get up, so Jesus tells him to pick up his mat and walk, and he is healed. The message I have gotten from this story that has been the case in my own life: Sometimes we allow ourselves to stay in a bad situation because we are afraid of what might happen if we seek change (or healing). This can be as simple as not going to a doctor when we have symptoms of a serious illness because we are afraid he will confirm it, so we just don't go. Well, I have done just that for 24 years, and it ends Friday, when I will go see a neurologist. Why now? Because I am ready to be healed. If that means I find out I have the disease I have feared, then so be it. If it allows me to see that I do not have it, then, after 24 years of fear, I can get on with my life. Kiddo, what are you suffering from? Do you WANT to be healed? Seek the help you need and chase away the demons of the past.PAXVOX
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