Susan Chen is a current junior at Stanford University. Growing up in a rural village in China and spending most of her mature years among backs of skyscrapers and bright lights in inner Boston, Susan dedicates her poetry to an enriched world outlook marked by urban excitement and idyllic longing
I wrote this poem after having been inspired by the documentary 'The Secret'. The source is the term I use to call the all knowing and ever pervading presence that most people call 'God'.
This poem is about a little girl being beaten by her mother. Everyone notices her bruises but chooses to be silent, instead of speaking up so please SPEAK UP. Every abused child is counting on you.