Fighting Back!!!

Who knew he was a wife beater?
Who knew she would
have the strength to fight back?..
Never had she committed a crime..
Not even when in mortal fear..
She tried to get help from the courts..
But who are we kidding here..
She heard of these woman
Who lie dead in the ground..
Because when they needed protecting
the courts could not be found..
The paper she filed for was a joke..
How was it to protect her
with his hands around her throat?
So she doesn't bother running..
She has tried so many times..
She knows he'll just follow her..
he always hunts her down....
Threatening to kill her
and all that she loves..
if she doesn't come back right now..
And out of fear
She does..
What the hell do you expect?
She was not raised to fight..
To fight the very person
she vowed to love for life..
She was so shocked
the first time his fist hit her face..
Living in a silent hell..
Always hiding in her shell..
filled with guilt and disgrace..
Then after many years..
Of beatings
Isolation..
Loneliness
Desperation
Excommunication
from her life..
she killed him
for her freedom..
No longer was she his wife..
She now has her independence
To think
To feel
To be..
Even behind these prison walls
she is finally
free.


ERICA IVORY