Sleepless in PA and pondering the reasons I "don't quite fit", I heard on the news today of a baby that was found outside wrapped in a plastic bag in a town only 18 miles from me and my heart ached for that little girl. How is it possible for anyone, and yes, I am taking into consideration, the age and the fear factor.. this is why I am pro choice.. I hope they find the person that left her and get her some mental help also.. and I pray that the girl baby will be OK physically.
I wrote this thinking about all the women I know that lived through this:
Abused....
For all those who managed to see the light before the dark overtook them forever -- and, hopefully, to bring a little light to those that question why stay....
We are like any other woman in this world of this we are certain,
All we have ever wanted was to be loved by one special person.
But in our need, we believed those cunning men who kept lying,
And if we don't soon find a way out, we could end up dying.
We listen to their words of undying love and adoration,
We give our hearts gladly for those loving special occasions.
In the beginning, the words of love flow like falls,
In the end if we get out, we have, indeed, grown balls.
They whisper if we love them, we will leave our friends and family,
Then they softly kiss us and tell us we are their one and only.
The manipulation has begun - though we are yet unaware,
They are masters, we their puppets, are alone and scared.
For no one knows, unless they too have walked in our shoes,
They have no idea of all our days full of depression and blues.
We become clever in hiding the marks they leave behind,
We try hard to show our love - thinking they will repay it in kind.
We pack our bags in the middle of the night, as silently as we can,
We know if we stay it will not get better, so we leave with no real plan.
Trying to rid our mind of the words whispered so manipulatively in our ears,
We take only what we can carry, our clothes, our hopes, and our fears.
We lie awake in our new "safe" harbor trying hard to still believe in love,
Hoping they will leave us along and praying each night to the one above,
To keep us safe - and before we finish we whisper a prayer for his welfare,
Through the mind games, the beatings, inside we still care.
You see we left not because what we felt no longer exists in our heart,
But because we finally realized that we would be better off apart.
We face the endless question of people that don't know why we stay,
And can only look at them through tears and slowly walk away.
Because you never will know the dread and fear that we learn,
Nor the distance brought to our lives and the bridges that we burned.
So have a little sympathy - don't be so quick to judge why we don't leave,
Walk a mile in our shoes, then you will see and then believe.
(c) luvshorses
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