Andrea Dietrich Poet Sonnet

She

(Inspired By Glenn Hughes' cover of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed")

She’d cooked and cleaned and gave her all for him
and their three kids. She’d even worked part-time
outside their home, but life remained still grim,
and never will she live to see her prime.

She had escaped his beatings when she’d fled
and took her children with her far away
because she’d realized she’d end up dead
if she had any longer tried to stay,
enduring constant yelling and abuse.

She’s living with an old friend, trying to
keep hidden, yet she’s still had to produce
the documents to start her life anew.

Her spouse, with gun in hand, appears inside
the friend’s house . . . she succumbs to homicide.

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Nette Onclaud July 16, 2024 at 9:14 PM your gripping lines reflect the senseless act of abuse and violence...congrats on your high win, andie...superbly done! Andrea Dietrich July 17, 2024 at 1:14 PM thanks so much, Nette.

thriveni c mysore July 16, 2024 at 1:20 AM so very sad, 'gave her all for him' says so much too, you have captured much pain and emotions in your lines dear poet. Congratulations. Andrea Dietrich July 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM thanks, Thriveni.

Mike Bayles July 2, 2024 at 9:09 AM I agree with Joe-- it happens way too often. I'm glad there are also survivors, but it saddens me to think about the pain they must endure. Andrea Dietrich July 17, 2024 at 1:16 PM I saw some shows in which women were burned alive. One that survived lived about a month in terrible pain but because she lived, the guy got put away for life. What he deserved was to be burned himself. Maybe he will get that in hell!

Joseph P. DiMino June 29, 2024 at 11:21 AM Ouch! Sad but true -- happens too often. Women use more often poison. When will we learn? Well said. Joseph P. DiMino June 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM Poison is easier to get away with. Regardless, a tragic, senseless sad affair regardless. Andrea Dietrich June 29, 2024 at 11:53 AM Yes women use poison but the statistics of spouses that murder is much higher among men.

Yann Rolland June 28, 2024 at 5:29 PM what a drama, better sty alone than endure beatings and so on, thanks for the moving poem Andrea, take care Andrea Dietrich June 29, 2024 at 11:54 AM Thanks, Yann

Tonye George June 28, 2024 at 10:32 AM So sad. I wonder why anyone would resort to violence on the same thing they should protect with their lives. It's so unfair. Some men don't want you, can't treat you right and don't even want you to do right by yourself or by anyone. They don't want anyone else to have you, not even happiness or loneliness. Too cruel. Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 10:57 AM This is something I will never understand about men. I see it In the lives of some of my friends and even in a few of my sisters. Not to this level of brutality but one of my sisters had to divorce an alcoholic pothead when he outright threatened to kill her. I suppose it gets passed on through generations of monkey see, monkey do. A few women are this way too and it's so disgusting to me

Jan Allison June 28, 2024 at 10:15 AM oh gosh Andrea this is so sad on so many levels and not the romantic type of sonnets I am used to reading! hugs jan xx Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 10:59 AM It happens a lot in the states. Few courts do little to punish these parasites and they right back out of jail to do it all over again

Joseph May June 28, 2024 at 6:18 AM Very sad and all too real , Powerful write Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:30 AM Thanks, Joseph

Victor Buhagiar June 28, 2024 at 1:00 AM I hate brutal men. This is a sad poem but happens often. He should be starved to death. Best for a win. Thanks for your visit to me last poem. Hugs. Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:31 AM Far too often, Victor. Imagine the stress trying to avoid this monster and the courts just give a slap on the hand

Valsa George June 27, 2024 at 11:24 PM A very sad tale. Some are fated to suffer all their life. This can be a story, but such incidents happen around us not rarely. Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:32 AM I know, Valsa. I have seen hundreds maybe thousands of these horrid stories

Gershon Wolf June 27, 2024 at 8:29 PM Don't quite know where this one came from, but Annie should have gotten her gun! ~ gw Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:33 AM The lyrics of Only Women Bleed tell the start of it. Fortunately divorce is the typical answer but not for the obsessive ones.

Eve Roper June 27, 2024 at 8:20 PM Very sad, but so very true for so many. it also leaves the children shell shock for the rest of their lives. Some change to be not their parents. So, good. Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:34 AM If the boys are beaten too, some of them will sadly become their dad's,

Hilda Greenhough June 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM Unless this type is kept in jail, he will track her down. I have heard this story many times. He picks vulnerable women. He will never bother me. Thank you for this poem. Hilda Greenhough June 29, 2024 at 1:08 PM Always keep your main guard handy- your cell phone. Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:34 AM Good for you, Hilda

Sara Kendrick June 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM Yes, this happens so many times and even more times women suffer at the hands of a male companion or husband. Thanks for going this way with the contest, reads like a good contender to me. Way to go. Sara K Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:35 AM Thanks, Sara

Kim Rodrigues June 27, 2024 at 2:01 PM Happens too often, I am sure. My Dad always shakes his head, and says what is wrong with these people. Having never had evil in his mind, only the typical thoughts. He was the best love for my Mom! Hugs ~ Kim Andrea Dietrich June 28, 2024 at 8:36 AM Your mom is lucky . At least one of 5 husbands is abusive, at least emotionally