About this subject I could write a book and I probably will, once both my parents have died.
Sad, very sad but very true for millions of innocent children around the globe.

*hugs*

5/5 Ingrid

Thanks for writing this for me Temps.
It means a lot.
<3

Physical abuse and mental abuse are both disgusting. Physical abuse hurts, eases, heals, leaves scars on the skin. Mental abuse, hurts, nevers eases, leaves scars on the physche that never heal. You have done an excellent job with this. I am glad to see you growing in your writing, proud to be a part of it by reading your work.

Temps you have brought a very sad subject to light...abuse of any kind is wrong.....I think it hurts less to be hit then to have someone emotionaly abuse you.
Great job!
Take Care
Cindy

Firstly, its a very well written poem although a very serious topic i can see why the title is so blunt but possibly you could change the title i don't no make it more appealing for the reader and eye catching, maybe a line from your poem as every line you have write has been like its own unique poem in a sense.

Insolence spirals from vile tongue,
impacting the soul immensely,
weighing it down with melancholy.
- i like the way that you didn't put a vile tongue as though it is one person you are writing about because at the enhd you have the line yet another a victim of abuse.
which shows you are speaking up fro all abuse victims thats what appeals to me most about this poem

Oblivious to the pain you inflict
into an innocent child's mind;
undeserving of such torment.
- i liked this verse not as much as the others i think its because it has a child in it and it makes the impact a lot worse for the reader. the you in this i must admit stands out, and it makes the stanza very powerful.

Tears erupt like lava from eyes,
thickly oozing down the face,
overflowing with resentment.
- i love the continuaous of the metaphor in this stanza, about the lava you added in the thickly there and it carried the idea. The word ozzing adds to the horrid image that these victims will live through.

Mental abuse and disrespect,
like flames igniting enternally,
depression invites suicidal thoughts.
- again this was another strong verse, its a sad thought that many of these victims do not feel as though there is any other way out apart from suicide.

Convincing your words are,
that one is worthless,
a hideous individual.
- i don't really like this verse i think the idea could have been combined into another stanza.

Resembling a serpent,
your insults lead one to death,
yet another a victim of abuse.
- i like the serpent bit as it adds to the evil for the abuser.

anyway it was a fantastic poem. keep up the good work.

amy

Insolence spirals from vile tongue,
impacting the soul immensely,
weighing it down with melancholy.
^^^
So much truth in this opening. The soul withers with each vile word until it eventually sinks into despair.

Oblivious to the pain you inflict
into an innocent child's mind;
undeserving of such torment.
^^^
Most times people don't even see the pain they cause until it is to late and the scars have already been placed. So sad !

Tears erupt like lava from eyes,
thickly oozing down the face,
overflowing with resentment.
^^^
Your first line here brings such a strong sense of what the pain feels like to someone at the receiving end of abuse.
The reference to lava ... being hot & painful with an overflow of resentment ....

Mental abuse and disrespect,
like flames igniting enternally,
depression invites suicidal thoughts.
^^^
I am wondering if "enternally" you may mean either eternally or internally.

Such truth is these lines though. How mental or physical abuse may lead to depression as the victim begins to feel more and more hopeless.
Thus setting the victim into a whirlwind of depressive thoughts of suicide.

Such a touching read that grabs the heart!

You have addresses a subject that needs to be stopped. And hopefully through your words it will dig within the mind of someone who inflicts this cruelty and they will begin to realize their destructive ways!

Wonderfully penned ....