The Ordeal

(Abridged version of A Field with a Million Crosses)

A field

with a million crosses

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where victims of abuse hang

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silent,

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             unseen,

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                       forgotten

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Somebody is sobbing ...

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God, is that you?

Only a victim can understand

                    the pain of being blamed

by those whose responsibility is

to offer help,

           to provide protection.

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Every time a victim is blamed,

            she sinks deeper into despair;

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every time a victim is blamed,

the pain inside

becomes unbearable.

The road to healing

is

long and painful;

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who will be there with us?

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Will anyone be there with us

through it all?

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And God said ...

"I will."