Please read this and post it somewhere else. It's important.

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> My name is Chris
> I am 13,
> My eyes are swollen
> I cannot see
> I must be stupid
> I must be bad,
> What else could have made
> My daddy so mad?
>
> I wish I were better
> I wish I weren't ugly,
>
> Then maybe my mommy
> Would still want to hug me.
> I cant do a wrong
> I cant speak at all
> Or else im locked up
> All day long.
>
> When im awake im all alone
> The house is dark
> My folks aren't home
>

> When my mommy does come home
> I'll try and be nice,
> So maybe ill just get
>
> One whipping tonight.
>
> I just heard a car
> My daddy is back
> From Charlies bar
> I hear him curse
> My name is called
> I press myself
> Against the wall
> I try to hide
> From his evil eyes
> Im so afraid now
> I'm starting to cry
> He finds me weeping
> Calls me ugly words,
> He says its my fault
> He suffers at work
> He slaps and hits me
> And yells at me more,
> I finally get free
> And run to the door
> Hes already locked it
> And I start to bawl,
> He takes me and throws me
> Against the hard wall
> I fall to the floor
> With my bones nearly broken,
> And my daddy continues
> With more bad words spoken
> 'Im sorry!', I scream
> But its now much to late
> His face has been twisted
> Into a unimaginable shape
> The hurt and the pain
> Again and again
> O please God, have mercy!
> O please let it end!
> And he finally stop
> And heads for the door
> While I lay there motionless
> Sprawled on the floor
>
> My name is Chris
>
> I am thirteen,
>
> Tonight my daddy
>
> Murdered me
>
> And you can help
>
> Sickens me to the soul,
>
> And if you read this
>
> and don't pass it on
>
I pray for your forgiveness
>
> Because you would have to be
>
> One heartless person
> To not be affected
> By this Poem
>
>
>
> And because U R affected,
>
>
>
> Do something about it!
>
>
>
> So all i ask you to do
> Is pass this on!
>
>
>
> IF YOU ARE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE!
> post this again (the original title is "Daddy it hurts" but you can do what you want)
>
> at least 5 children each day
> from around the world
> die from child abuse


I read this on an ABC Family forum and it broke my heart. I was abused when I was a kid and I think it's extremely important for all of us to speak out against this travesty. No child deserves to be abused. So please post this somewhere else, so people won't forget.