Pain Without Words
Abuse
Her groanings can never be heard. Pain smothered in years of torment and tears.
Behind closed doors. A pain with no boundaries…felt by women rich or poor.
She is a shadow of a crazed man. He has blunted her thoughts, her opinions, her very being as a woman.
Silence he has demanded and reprimanded.
Her pain so heavy in heart. A pain she can’t put in words or explain.
A pain that makes her insane.
With pasted lips now and a broken spirit, her only hope is that one day she will find the “words” to say goodbye and run.
© Rita Duponty July 2020
Author’s note: Experts indicate that approximately 10 million people in the United States yearly experience some type of domestic abuse in their family. Sadly, many live in silence never reporting their abuse.
