Sounds
Deadening sounds of someone lashing out
Crashing sounds of breaking glass
A heart gripped in terror
Memories flashing back a child runs and hides
Crying daddy don't hit her any more.
That was many years ago when I was nearly four
That was then and this is now
Only frightening sounds of the neighbors next
door
Nosey ear pressed against the wall
Debating on making that 911 call
Only silence once more.
Elusive Love aka Maggie
04/08/2000
"Funny how certain sounds can jar your memory and grip your heart in terror"
As much as I hate to admitt it my dad for a time was a abuser. It was usually when he had been drinking. But, I can never remember him ever raising his voice or spanking my brothers and I. My most vivid memory was the night he was going to hit my stepmom in the head with a sledge hammer. I was crying daddy please don't do it and she was saying David please stop. Thank God he finally put it down. I don't know why but after that night it stopped.
That is only part of my story, I have sisters older then me and I can remember their husbands beating them. Screams of pain and weeping please stop, flash across my mind. A battered face, sollen jaw,bloody nose and a black eye, my pregnant sister with sorrow in her eyes huddled on the floor This sister married abuser after abuser. I have seen a gun held against her head a fist smashed into her face. What does a terrifed child of 10 do except to run and hid.
I always swore I would never marry a man who beat me and live in a life of fear and pain. I want to say I was not abused because I don't feel I was especially to the extent my sisters where. But, My ex did slap me a few times in our 20 years of marriage. One slap never a beating but I still felt like a piece of nothing. I guess a slap is still abuse.
Many times thoughout my life I have encountered women who have suffered from Domestic Violence
and back then I just didn't know how to help them.Maybe, this page will help someone for those of the past I could not help.
I am adding some help links on here and stories of others who have endured the abuse.
If you need help Please contact the Domestic Violence Hot Line.
911 for Women
Violence Against Women
This is a Support Site For Domestic Violence
In Memory of Teresa
Poems or Stories of Survivors
A Rose for Kelly
Broken Promises
Tears in a Bathroom Stall
My Will to Survive
Tara's Dedication
Roses
Elusive Love Poetry
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