The Color Purple
It was a night like all the rest.
The man she loved returned home again.
Smelled of cigarettes and stale beer.
His swagger was tipsy as he walked through the door.
His fist came quickly towards her face!
The pain she felt then crashed to the floor.
Once again another beating she took!
This time she gathered strength from where she did not know.
Pulled herself up slowly and leaned on a chair.
Her husband like always staggered towards their bedroom door.
She thought of the words he repeated time and time again.
That he was sorry and it would not happen again.
Her face swollen turning purple around her beautiful blue eyes.
Fear of him she had lived within her heart for so long.
The face in the mirror told her nothing could be worse.
Being married to a man and this is the love he showed her.
She decided even one more minute in this marriage was a minute to long!
She packed a bag woke her children and left that very night.
This woman decided she deserved more in this life.
Love should not be in the color purple around a women's eyes.
Bruises on her body that she continually hides.
When a man loves a woman it is with kindness he gives.
All women need to be treated with dignity and respect!
Violence against women is not love! If this is your life gather strength.
There are thousands of women that packed up their children and walked out their doors.
Go to a shelter do whatever you need to do.
You are worth so much more!
Life is not living when living like this.
Reach out there is help for you.
Love you enough to walk away!
Do not look back!
I know you are afraid.
You are a strong woman after all you have lived through.
Be alone with your children you will be okay!
It is a better life then wondering about when the next blackened eye will occur. Or having your head banged off the kitchen floor.
Walk away help others to do the same.
Violence towards women is not love!
Written in dedication to all the women warriors that had the courage to walk away from the color purple.
copyright November 2017
