Puppy Meets Her Future
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Abusers are not all men, many are women. The first thing they try to do to their victim is squelch their light - forcing them through anger and pouting to give up their family, friends and hobbies. They will isolate them as soon as possible, it is easier that way to brainwashing them into thinking there is no way out.
She was as naïve and honest
as he was unscrupulous.
Her sincerity resonated in direct contradiction
to his entire clan’s diabolical ways.
Unsophisticated, unused to any form of deceit,
she fell hard for his bad boy looks and manners.
We tried to keep contact with her, but
she was quickly secluded, to be brainwashed.
We want to have our alone time, he told us.
His face was a sneer. To keep knocking made him angry.
She no longer had a cell phone, she was pretty much banished.
Underhandedly and methodically, he proceeded to squelch her light.
We saw her on the street occasionally, but he was with her.
Holding her arm, and he was the one who responded to us.
He had stolen her right out from under our eyes
led her like a puppy to his future plans of squelching.
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2020
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