Birthday Warning!

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"Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself."
--Emerson

#79 Birthday Warning!
Birthday Warning!

A cold autumn morning,
new rains have arrived
today not so ordinary
A little girls birthday goes by

she had an accident
she awoke in her bed wet
today she is six, a present she did
not expect

A day without the jug cord
would be her birthday wish

Her hope is soon faded,
for there her mother stood,
A birthday beating just begun-
her mothers' way
of a little fun

you dirty little bitch!
I'm sick of washing your sheets
this will fix you...and fix you good
till you're black and blue
..or till she'll make me bleed!

Happy Birthday to me...
through aches and tears
I am happy
I survived todate six years

alone in her closet
she'd make this her car
travel to far away happy lands
go shopping for a star

once she bet the jug cord
she collected up the sheets
took her mums' old coal shovel
buried them under the house
darkest corner beneath,

her father gave her sixpence
every time she was dry,
or if she wet, he'd make her wetter
he'd put her in a cold bath

the little girl would trick him,
moving the sheets about
her mother would come in the room
catch the little girl out

the little girl did such things
out of fear she lied
the little girl was in a place
she was trying to survive

she adapted to her father
she adapted to her mother

though difficult it was
it affected everything
looking back the way she was

she changed her life completely
erradicated the fear
her life gets better and better
year after year

her mum and dad to this day
the little girl forgave
she understands the way they were
a woman she has grown
forgiving to her grave

she struggles on her birthday
preferring to enjoy
her spirit accepts what happened
on that day the present
she avoids

"If you want to know the past, to know what has caused you, look at yourself in the PRESENT, for that is the past's effect. If you want to know your future, then look at yourself in the PRESENT, for that is the cause of the future."
--Majjhima Nikaya

"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment."
--Ralph Marston

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