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The latest 2023 statistics reveal that ' over 10 million people are affected by domestic violence each year in the U.S., with as many as 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men being victims. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue, with domestic violence cases increasing by 25%-33% globally. '
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Ink Empress' Break The Silence Contest...submitted 8 Mar 25
Silent No More
Clouds dim from a fevered night
bare as skin of dragonflies trapped,
and she paces along tattered leaves strewn
on barbed fences of life moaning
through a distant breeze: yet the candle
burns inside her heart to feed
dire hunger of jailed souls....
There,this bruised woman circles around
in a furnace of hope...on a barren lane
where mangled sparrows cry in despise;
and the will to plod an inner odyssey rages,
searching for some need
to fill breaths of peace not only for herself
but for a biting desire to give women
and children a voice which honors plain dignity
violated and spit by vulgar words, alcohol,
shattered glass...enough!
her own pain hollers from the marrow,
the kind that flames the heavens and rain.
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