The error of her ways

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Abuse, Depression, heartbreak, poems about domesstic violence, Poems about women, sad poems, sadness

 She sits and prays,

That her husband’s anger has died away,

 

She knows she is truly a disgrace,

For chatting to her ex-workmate,

 

When she should have been cleaning the house,

And keeping it in a perfect state,

 

So when he comes home from work today,

She will thank him through swollen lips on a black and blue face,

 

For pointing out the error of her ways,

So she will never make the same mistake.

Why my poems are black and grey

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child abuse in Papua New Guinea, Family Violence, heartache, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, poems about domestic violence, Women

Take a glimpse at this painting I named my life,

Daubs of memories are splattered far and wide,

They show a picture of my reasons why,

 

So with words I paint,

With my weapon slash brush in my hand,

My mighty and trusty pen,

 

I’ll paint until my hands crinkle and bend,

I will paint until someone stands up in our broken land,

Until the cycle of violence ends,

 

Until the broken can be helped to mend,

Until the silenced no longer startle at the slight of hand,

Until the cowardly are disgraced and shamed,

 

I paint in black and shades of gray,

And pack the vivid crisp colors away,

So all will know my country is not okay

A Glimmer in the black

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Depression, hope, sadness

A prick of light,

 A glimmer in the black,

A rope I have stumbled upon,

A way out of this blackhole within,

A way home,

As I am

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husbands and wives, love, passion, poems about love, relationships, Women

Naked,

Stripped bare,

trembling I stand,

Do you still want me?,

Ordinary as I am.

On the floor

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Abuse, dark, Domestic Violence, Family, Family Violence, heartache, husbands and wives, poems about domestic violence, sadness

On the floor she lay,

in a befuddled daze,

praying her mother would visit today,

and be her saving grace,

blood splattered all over her face,

eyes stuck on the fists coming her way,

brain begging God to help her escape