Societies Secrets

Tears roll down a young girl's cheeks.
She pulls a pillow to her mouth to silence her sobs.
SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!
"You dirty worthless -----!"
She tries to drown out the sounds of her parents.
She Cries for her poor helpless mother.
She cries for herself.
She knows she is next.
It is always the same when her dad comes home.

Another time another place
a 17 year old boy stumbles into a chair.
"One more beer," he laughs merrily.
One... Two... Three... Four...
"No more," his friend pleads, "please."
"Co.. Come on... Ano..."
His head falls forward unto his chest.
His friends run to forward to check him.
No pulse.

A nervous 14 year old walks into his friends basement.
He is greeted with a slap on the back and a joint.
One that is going to cost him dearly.
He is questioned on when he is going to pay for it.
For this joint and numerous ones from the past.
"When I get it" is his answer.
His older friends get angrier and angrier with him.
They begin to punch and yell at him demanding their money.
He was admitted to the hospital the same night and stayed three months.

A mother shakes in anger and frustration.
A father keeps his head low in shame.
"I did not mean it," stutters their frightened daughter.
"You will have an abortion," her mother shrieks.
"No," her father stands.
She sheds heartbroken bitter tears.
Lost her innocence.
Lost her boyfriend.
Loosing her parents.
And might loose her baby.

Her head shrieks in pain from the blow.
She tries to get up only to be knocked back down.
"Your going nowhere," laughs the figure.
She tries to fight him off but he is too strong.
"This cannot happen to me," she thinks.
Slowly but forcefully he forces himself on her.

Our society has so many dark secrets.
Beatings, Alcoholism, Drugs,
Teen Pregnancy, Abortion, Rape.
Why do we have these secrets?
Why must some be forced to keep them?
So many stories of these secrets.
So many ending in death, shame and hurt.
Our society has so many dark secrets.

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