Book III: To Break the Silence
Chapter IV: With Eyes Wide Open


Break the Silence

Break the silence, to heal the hurt
Make me feel what I once learned.
Stripped of dreams, so long ago
The courage within makes me whole.

Bleeding inside, screaming with pain,
Make me believe in life once again.
The struggle within is hard every day
Break the silence, there is no other way.

The courage within, that’s what you need.
Break the silence of another man’s greed.

Stolen dreams, so long ago
Made me hate my lonely soul.
Time to heal the lonely child
Bring back the love and beautiful smile!


Derek Brown


 

 

 


A page from the Poetry and Quilt Square Books
of The Child Abuse Survivor Monument

 


*All Rights Reserved
copyright (1991-2004)

Bronze Sculpture, Public Art: The Child Abuse Monument Project, Michael C. Irving, Ph.D., Artistic Director. sculptor/artist tsmp803a1