Vows

I take you to be the love of my life, 
To have and to hold and to hit and to crush
For better and for worse when worse is unspeakable
For richer, for poorer when money is spent on drugs and booze and ****
And there is not enough money left for groceries and school clothes.
In sickness and in health when I have to sneak to buy medication
and you call in sick to go to the race.
From this day forward because I have no place to go.
The shelters are full. No room in the inn.
I'm not serious, they say, because I did not call the police
When you choked me last night.
Instead I hid, huddled in the closet behind the locked door, 
Holding my baby and praying that she would not be next.
Until death do us part because I have tried to leave
So many times and you drag me back.
Love bears all things, 
Believes all things, 
Hopes all things, 
Endures all things. 
Love never ends.
Love never ends.
Love never ends.

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Warren Mbaht

Date: 9/30/2019 7:53:00 PM

Whoa, that is a goer. So many can't leave. But they can, as they discover after they do. The power of men over women is a very sad situation. After my wife died I met another lady who could not leave. When she tried I said I would protect her, and I did. That was 26 years ago, 26 very happy years for both of us.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 11/24/2013 10:54:00 AM

Hi Rachel... CONGRATULATIONS:) on having your poem featured on the soups HOME PAGE. Enjoy the new coming week, and Thanksgiving Holiday.. Always a poet friend <3 =LINDA

Skat A

Date: 11/22/2013 11:47:00 AM

Rachel, Congratulations on having your poem Featured this week. Loving ~SKAT~

Rachel Kovacs

Date: 1/22/2013 6:12:00 PM

Debbie, While I do write a lot about my personal feelings, most of my writing involves putting myself in other people's shoes. I know that love is more than this, but I also know people trapped in this situation.