He yanks at her,
Leans her against the wall,
He needs to witness her misery,
As testimony to his cruelty.
She doesn't fight back;
Apologizes again and again.
Impulsive confessions are futile;
Her words sound like a lie.
He flips her nightie
To inspect his property.
Too tired to get away
A scream chokes in her throat.
Breath tightening,
Fist punching palm of hand ready,
He accuses her
Of using him.
She looks remorse; shaken.
She flashes her eyes,
With luxuriant lashes,
In submissive surrender.
That's how she survives
Collecting verbal arrows.
A shadow of a real monster
With darkened eyelids.
He doesn't mean to be unkind
Why ruin the moment;
Always gets what he wants.
Domestic Violence: It happens often behind closed doors and usually does not come to light until there is evident injury or death. Abuse comes in many styles, verbal, physical, body language, silence, neglect, over protection, ultimatums..etc.
Leans her against the wall,
He needs to witness her misery,
As testimony to his cruelty.
She doesn't fight back;
Apologizes again and again.
Impulsive confessions are futile;
Her words sound like a lie.
He flips her nightie
To inspect his property.
Too tired to get away
A scream chokes in her throat.
Breath tightening,
Fist punching palm of hand ready,
He accuses her
Of using him.
She looks remorse; shaken.
She flashes her eyes,
With luxuriant lashes,
In submissive surrender.
That's how she survives
Collecting verbal arrows.
A shadow of a real monster
With darkened eyelids.
He doesn't mean to be unkind
Why ruin the moment;
Always gets what he wants.
Domestic Violence: It happens often behind closed doors and usually does not come to light until there is evident injury or death. Abuse comes in many styles, verbal, physical, body language, silence, neglect, over protection, ultimatums..etc.
