To the Victims of Abuse

This is for all the ones who have been battered and abused,
   From battered wives to little ones and the elderly that have been used.

To those that prey on the weaker ones your day will come,
   And people will see you for what you are, just low life scum.

The majority of those that victimize, themselves are usually weak.
   They are inferior in everyway, so the helpless are the ones they seek.

They generally make their threats behind closed doors where no one sees,
   Where they can have their way and no one can hear your pleas.

When a child is raised up and sees his father treating his mother this way,
   Many times he’ll wind up doing the same and think it’s okay.

So to the women who find themselves in this situation,
   Get out of their as quick as you can and head to the nearest police station.

File on him for the things he has done and don’t go back,
   No matter what he says, they’re just lies for it’s morals that they lack.

If you go back it will only get worse for you and whoever else there may be,
   Cause then they know they own you and will never set you free.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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