UNSUBSTANTIATED

This is one of my toughest poems to write and put in print for others to read. Back in the mid 80's when there was a hysteria going on regarding day cares and child sexual abuse, most being debunked a

I walked through that door
They said "please, sit down"
"We've got some bad news,
And it's all over town"

"Someone said something,
And said it was you"
"She said that you touched her,
We know that's not true"

I've always loved kids
In all the right ways
I never looked AT THEM
Not even sideways

Along comes His Ex
His Ex with a grudge
She took my good name
And turned it to sludge

We all were questioned,
By all the experts
Questions that frightened
And questions that hurt

And "NO"was the answer
The little girl said
"Oh, I sat on his lap"
"But!, he only read!"

"Unsubstantiated" was
The word that they used
It stays with you always
A huge mental bruise

Forty years later
I keep them at bay
NO!, It's not right
But how it will Say

Author's Note

This is one of my toughest poems to write and put in print for others to read. Back in the mid 80's when there was a hysteria going on regarding day cares and child sexual abuse, most being debunked after long incarcerations.i had the misfortune of also being investigated for the same offense, only mine wasn't at a daycare it was at a ex sister-in-law and step brother-in-law's home I rented a downstairs apartment. Though in the end the charges with found unsubstantiated, it was the most hardest thing I ever went through in my life and I've been through a lot. As the poem says I've always loved children all in the right way, since that happened...the last 40 years I've had to keep my distance , I never ever want to be put in a position where this can ever happen again. And what is so scary is, my only guilt was reading to this young girl. Thankfully, she answered what was asked precisely and didn't have her memory played with...