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My experience at Three Springs New Beginnings

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Hedge:
Thanks, Che.

I think that what we're doing here is so incredibly important.

The truth speaks for itself; but if we don't stick around to tell our truth, no one is going to hear it.

I'm glad to be here.

 :peace:

Hedge:
Please try not to judge this poem; I was 14 at the time. I was in Three Springs less than one month when I wrote it. Laura was a girl who got beaten the most.

I listen to Laura

I listen to Laura,
and cringe as she screams;
I rock back and forth
as the sweat on my forehead gleams.
I listen to Laura -
she's in so much pain.
What do they think she'll learn
when they daily restrain?
I listen to Laura,
and I can feel everything she does.
I can feel it when she cries
at the mention of the gloves.
I listen to Laura
getting put on The Board.
It makes me so sad,
so I pray to the Lord.
I listen to Laura
and along with her, I cry,
because the way she's screaming,
it sounds like she might die.
I listen to Laura,
and I want to tell her so much.
I want her to listen,
and feel my caring touch.
I listen to Laura
and I don't know what to do.
I'm just counting the minutes
until this episode is through.

-6/3/1997

Anne Bonney:

--- Quote from: "Hedge" ---Please try not to judge this poem; I was 14 at the time. I was in Three Springs less than one month when I wrote it. Laura was a girl who got beaten the most.

I listen to Laura

I listen to Laura,
and cringe as she screams;
I rock back and forth
as the sweat on my forehead gleams.
I listen to Laura -
she's in so much pain.
What do they think she'll learn
when they daily restrain?
I listen to Laura,
and I can feel everything she does.
I can feel it when she cries
at the mention of the gloves.
I listen to Laura
getting put on The Board.
It makes me so sad,
so I pray to the Lord.
I listen to Laura
and along with her, I cry,
because the way she's screaming,
it sounds like she might die.
I listen to Laura,
and I want to tell her so much.
I want her to listen,
and feel my caring touch.
I listen to Laura
and I don't know what to do.
I'm just counting the minutes
until this episode is through.

-6/3/1997
--- End quote ---


Wow.  I think I have something caught in my eye.    :'(

That's both incredibly beautiful and incredibly ugly at the same time.  I hope you know how I mean that.

 :peace:


I can remember hearing those same screams coming from the "timeout" and "intake" rooms in Straight.

DannyB II:
Hedge, you captured the essence of our "ache" for others. That poem was beautifully written.
 
Thanks
danny

psy:

--- Quote from: "Hedge" ---One of the punishments that often went along with ROL was "non-com," or "non-communication." That meant you were not permitted to speak to anyone. You also lost clothing privileges and furniture privileges with certain offenses.
--- End quote ---

That's interesting.  Benchmark just renamed "bans" to "noncom".

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