the_eleventh_commandment andrea By: Karen Taylor-Good & Lisa Aschmann She hears his heavy breathing in the dark His footsteps coming closer down the hall She's so ashamed she's daddy's secret love She wants to cry She wants to die But he can't get enough The bruises on his face will go away Mom keeps him home from school till they fade She's sorry he was born and tells him so He takes it in He hangs his chin He ducks another blow Did GOD overlook it? What ought have been written The Eleventh Commandment Honour thy children He cries for hours cries and never stops He shakes so hard his little cradle rocks He'll never get the chance to be brand new He'll never walk He'll never walk He's addicted, too Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not take the Lord's name in vain Thou shalt not cause thy children pain GOD did not overlook it What ought have been written The Eleventh Commandment Honour thy children 000506 ... smeefy and if it were written would there be protection? would there be condemnation where it should fall? would it be more secret, would the survivors be treated like humans, with feelings, or take trauma once more? are only the children the ones with protection? or could we honor each other women and men and all? 040314 ... kookaburra andrea...that was really deep 040314 what's it to you? who go blather from