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Head bowed against the stairs
she glares into an empty space,
her face distressed and red.
Embedded in it stark and clear
her fear and with it pain
remaining as a hand shaped mark
set stark against her cheek.
A bleak reminder of the blow
let go against her pride.
She hides the evidence of course,
remorse the balm applied.
A tide of insincere glib lies
disguise the sordid fact.
Attacked behind her own front door
before her children’s eyes,
their cries a counterpoint to those
that rose against her loud,
endowed with rage and bitter hate.
A spate of vicious bile
reviling her with drunken spite.
A fight she could not halt,
the fault not hers although she paid
in spades for it despite
the rights and wrongs she took the blame.
Her shame completed as
the bastard hit her in the face,
disgracefully aware
of their disparate strengths no doubt.
Without a moment’s thought
he sought to beat down her reply
A violent answer that
her battered face showed clear.
Her tears a poignant plea
for freedom from her misery.

Psycho6058

very disturbing. Extremely good description of a much to frequent occurance. I hope, for your sake, this one was fiction.

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teflon

Very admirable and classic style for such an emtotionally tense work.

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Teflon

Thank you both for your kind comments, glad you found it interesting. Fortunately not a situation I have ever experienced, although I know some who have. Not sure where the inspiration came from in truth, but felt pretty strong at the time, and I guess disturbing would be what I was aiming at.

mjk

this is intense. great job of conveying such weight.

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mjk

Thanks for the comments, glad you enjoyed it.

eleda

This topic is a very sensitive and critical issue and you managed to express it with clarity and poetically--the message resonates--very, very good!

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Eleda

thank you for the very kind comments. I'm glad that it resonated with you, as you say it is a sensitive issue so i'm pleased that you enjoyed it.