From Bruising To Murder
battering is a pattern
of power and control
it begins with a threat
or punching the wall
in all of the cultures
most common of the victims
are the woman and the child
how so sickening
the trivial contacts
which further escalate
to serious attacks
or culminates
in sexual abuse
and unwanted activity
a huge social problem
in many varieties
so nice to outsiders
pleasant and charming
but behind closed doors
alarm bells are warning
establishing power
controlling another
a male privelage
from bruising to murder
Copyright © Lucy Campbell | Year Posted 2006
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