Silent Cries (No More): Silence Unfolded

By Harmonezes

I would hope that with the poetry, they now feel like are being heard and that they have a voice.
First, I must thank God for his plan of redemption and for being a God that will personally come and see about his believers because he definitely did that in my life. He knows that the things he allows in your life, good or bad, serve a purpose; and my pain served a purpose because I now care for another youth because of what I have been through! I thank Jehovah God for his ways, for his ways are not our way and his thoughts are not our thoughts! I thank God for the Holy Spirit, the teacher of all truth!
Thank you to my wonderful children who are grown now: La Teisha Collette Turner and Du Shaine Amel Turner. When God blessed me with these two, I knew I had to make a tremendous amount of change in my life. They motivated me to change, and I wanted them to have the best of me, not an angry me. I could have never done it. But God knew how I loved children, so he blessed me with the two of them, and they have always been supportive of me. I thank the both of them for my eight wonderful grandchildren: Montrell, Shamar, De Jean, Monterio, Quiese, Trenaty, Destyne, and Zavarion. I love the addition to my family, and I love them like crazy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483652832

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Contents

About the Author

Gave Me to Your Mother

Your Husband Touched Me

I Cut Myself

Fully Human

My Real Mom/Dad

A Poem to My Dad

Preachers’ Kids Cry

Antwone Fisher / Precious Movie

Molested by a Man

You Started Me

A Suicide Note

Abducted

You Taught Me

You’re Gay

Wasn’t in Church

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Harmonezes

I am a woman who has gone through a lot of things as a child and as an adult. When I say I have been through a lot, I am not saying that lightly. I was molested when I was five years old, that’s a start, and I’m not bragging or feeling sorry for myself. I had major anger problems and acted out on other people with violence because of the injustices I felt I had to endure, but I can say today I am a better person.

During my hard times, I can say that God always sent me someone. Someone to listen to me, someone to cry with me, someone to just pour my heart out to. He sent me people who would pray for me and pray with me. When I think of helpful friends my age, I have two friends who come to mind. The first one is Wanzana Le Grand, who was with me in elementary school, and Marleen Nesbitt, who I can truly say saved my life by just being there for me. When I met Wanzana in elementary school, things weren’t so bad. But when I went to high school, things turned around drastically; and on top of that, I was part of the second year of blacks being bussed out to all white schools, dealing with prejudices of teachers out in Sheepshead Bay.

I’m not going into a lot of details about what was driving me absolutely insane, but the purpose of this poetry book is to give back to children who are hurting. I have gotten past my pains, knowing that my pain has enabled me to help other young people hurting. I understand when it seems your parents don’t listen. I understand what it feels like to feel so alone in your pain. My own story has enabled me to talk to other children and teach them to write their feelings out and not be destructive as I was handling my pain.

I have spoken at churches, recreation centers, poetry venues, and foster-parenting classes to help children understand that they are not alone, that God always sends someone during those hard times, and that although you’re hurt, if you just continue to live and try to move on, you will do just fine. The time