Press release immediate.
*~*~*Sarah*~*~*
My name is Sarah
I am but three,
My eyes are swollen
I cannot see,
I must be stupid
I must be bad,
What else could have made
my parents so mad?
I wish I were better
I wish I weren't ugly,
Then maybe my mommy
would still want to hug me.
I can't speak at all
I can't do a wrong
Or else I'm locked up
all the day long.
When I awake I'm all alone
The house is dark
my folks aren't home.
When my parents do come
I'll try and be nice,
So maybe I'll get just
one whipping tonight.
Don't make a sound!
I just heard a car
my parents are back
from Charlie's Bar
I hear them curse
my name they call
I press myself
against the wall.
I try and hide
from their evil eye
I'm so afraid now
I'm starting to cry.
They find me weeping
The shout ugly words,
They say its my fault
That they suffer at work.
They slap me and hit me
and yell at me more,
I finally get free
and I run for the door.
They’ve already locked it
and I start to bawl,
They take me and throw me
against the hard wall.
I fall to the floor
with my bones badly broken,
And my parents continue
with more bad words spoken.
"I'm sorry!" I scream
but its now much too late
Their faces are twisted
Into unimaginable hate.
The hurt and the pain
again and again
Oh please God, have mercy!
Oh please let it end!
And they finally stop
and head for the door,
While I lay there motionless
sprawled on the floor.
My name is Sarah
I am but three,
tonight my parents
Murdered me.
A very powerful emotional poem and we make no apologies for using it. It was sent to us by one of our members. Our information can be verified by the NSPCC adverts about the thousands of kids out there just like Sarah, being abused In drug and alcohol related homes through-out the UK.
We are broken hearted grandparents that have no right but to look on helplessly knowing their children are in this dangerous situation and because some of us have done something about it we have been excommunicated and our grandchildren are deprived of our love and protection. Without this legal right of contact the law is allowing the abuser to go on and on until the kids end up in hospital or worse.
Like the couple recently who got 22 years in prison for abusing children over a long period and the foster carer who is at present being prosecuted for child abuse also over a long period. What agony these children must have gone through. Believe it or not in a list of 21 European country’s the UK was last in it’s welfare of children. Other poetry can be seen by logging on to
http://www.grandparentsapart.co.uk/
We are not asking you for money but plead with you to give two minutes to sign our petition giving the children legal right of access to our protection by making ‘The Charter for Grandchildren’
http://epetitions.scottish.parliament.uk/
Why grandparents especially? You might say.
We are the biggest carers of children from problem homes and usually love their grandchildren without reservations. They step in at a moments notice when needed and look after them mostly without assistance. They provide a warm loving home environment that children recognise and need when they are terrified and in trouble.
So you don’t have children, not your concern?
Think again. The treatment of children depends on how peacefully and safely we all live in the future, how can a child care or respect anyone when they do not learn this from us. High numbers of children from broken, drug and alcohol related homes are mostly affected. The children concerned are reported to be under-achievers and are associated with vandalism and crime incidences. These children are usually inflicted with a low self esteem and feel the whole world is against them. Their human rights are ignored and they are being treated like goods to be traded by Social Services (SS}. SS have failed miserably in helping these families and now resort to turning the children over for adoption as quickly and cheaply as they can. Cost being the Criteria rather than ‘the best interests of the children’. If grandparents were considered legally there would be less need for adoption.
Please pass this poem on as a blue ribbon against child abuse because as crazy as it might sound, it might just indirectly save a child’s life.
You NEVER know
Ends
Jimmy Deuchars
Grandparents Apart Self Help Group Scotland.
22 Alness Crescent,
Glasgow, G52 1PJ
0141 882 5658
http://www.grandparentsapart.co.uk
http://www.grandparentsapart.co.uk/
