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Flozelle Woodmore

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The Lost and Not Found

While still a child meek and mild
I met a love whom kept me safe and high above
In time that love became rage
Causing me to feel confined, locked up, in a cage
Complete with shame I call only His name
In hopes he helps me with my fears
And stops the tears that I have shed for years
Violence!
Especially while silenced
Is sure to keep like a thief
That creeps during the day or night
Even while I’m asleep
As love in my case was truly blind
Giving me no choice but to live with an altered mind
I am now afraid, confused, and shattered
Still to this day society asks, “What’s battered?”
Only to advance if given a chance
I shall survive, stay strong, live long, and finally
Belong

November 2001

School Days

While in Junior High School my fate introduced me to a date who shortly became my soulmate.

On a gloomy school day my mother yells, “Child, make haste! Pick up your pace! You don't have time to waste! You're late! Oh my God! What happened to your face??? Did you fall? Run into a wall? JESUS CHRIST!! Child, give me the phone so I can give the Doctor a call…”

Seeking refuge I yelled, “I'm being abused. Momma I'm so confused. This thing called Love is causing me to be misused.”

As my mother never answered me I realized my lips sealed tight, totally glued.

March 2002

You may write to Flozelle at:

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P.O.Box 1508
Chowchilla, CA 93610-1508

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