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  • Young Slave 2

    "Beat him until he submits"

    He heard one of the men say

    As he stands naked chained to a wall

     

    Taken from his home

    When he was 10 years old

    Sold

    Now he is a slave to his owners

    Bought for hard labor

    Bought for sex and other nasty games

     

    Now at the age of 13

    He knows the game

    They beat him

    Until he does what they tell him to

    This has gone on for years

     

    His skin laced with scars

    Bruised

    Bones have even been broken at times

    All in an effort

    To make him bend

    To their will

     

    He has tried escaping

    They found him

    They beat him bloody for it

     

    He is kept in a small room

    Handcuffed to a bed

    To prevevent him from

    Escaping again

     

    He is fed little

    The room he stays in

    Is dirty to say the least

     

    He prays for rescue

    His salty tears

    Sting as they cross his wounds

    He prays for others like him

     

    Someday

    His recue will come

    Someday

    This madness will end

    Someday

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