Every twelve seconds in these United States, another woman is beaten by her husband, boyfriend, or lover. One out of three women will be somehow involved in a domestic violence case. While you read that, another woman was beaten.
October is national
Domestic Violence month
Not that you are supposed to wait
and send her to fate
only in October
But,
in October
those who live sane and safe
solitudenal lives
Those who actually
love their wives,
Well they are supposed to think,
give a thought to those women
who lost lives
Nearly perfect wives
trying to survive
or girlfriends
trying to fend of blows
not from foes
but loved ones carrying guns
and knives
ending young sweet lives
He will say with dismay;
"If I can't have you, no one can"
Man, no one has or owns another
especially not your babies mother
You, women who are blessed
Women who have husbands
who have never messed
with their minds
Husbands who are kind
I remind you not to judge
You have not walked in shoes
skewed with survival skills
strong wills
trying to find safety
Shelters offering safe escape plans
The demands that come from
hiding from crazed minds
Strong women who live
with scars or scares
from the one
they cared about most
who now plays host
to their deepest fears
October is when
we drag out pictures
of women lost
we estimate the cost
that these families add,
Children who live without
Mom or Dad
Grave rocks claiming MOTHER
Jail cells holding another
abuser, user of women
Let us not forget
there are men raised right
whose fist stayed tight
and never swung upon
the woman
Men out in the night
with no where to go
because no one knows
of their plight
This is October
take a moment
to count your lucky stars
be thankful
for where you are
and say a prayer
that someday soon
October will only need be
about the moon
and scarey witches...
Thasia Anne
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