Bad Things
- Lynn Carver
- Aug 2
- 1 min read

I know bad things happen
to little ones like you.
Knowledge beyond years
leapfrogs numbers to 100.
Trolls and Billy Goat's Gruff -
not a little girl now
your body knows the truth
Games no longer mean
hopscotch,
Red Rover - Red Rover -
Chicken Little:
sky tumbled in.
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I composed this poem to address how childhood sexual abuse strips victims of their innocence and disrupts their achievement of social and emotional developmental milestones, among other impacts.