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What Is Wrong With Her

Explain yourself
Justify your actions

She begins shutting down
She can hear her inside voices whimpering

I want an answer, you idiot.
What is wrong with you, you moron?

She is in a fetal position now.
Incapacitated and fearful.

All he sees is her silence 
He is disgusted by it.

When they met she was a light.
She had a joy.

She has lost all of that.
He is angry now.

What is wrong with her?

Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2020

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Imran Islam Date: 7/4/2020 9:41:00 PM This is wonderfully delivered! Bravo, Dear Caren. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 7/4/2020 10:54:00 PM Thank you Lure Pot.

Kim Rodrigues Date: 7/4/2020 3:09:00 PM It goes back to when they met...he robbed her joy. Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 7/4/2020 10:54:00 PM He truly has.

Janice Canerdy Date: 7/4/2020 8:08:00 AM Joy can be killed by meanness. Your poem says this movingly and clearly, Caren. Janice Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 7/4/2020 11:00:00 PM It can be indeed Janice.

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 7/4/2020 6:07:00 AM Oh my. Succinctly captured... PTSD, and brain "flooding". A heavy little poem for there blurry pre coffee eyes. Well done dear poetess. xomo Login to Reply Caren Krutsinger Date: 7/4/2020 11:01:00 PM I have seen this; it is horrible for the children also.

V. Deepa Date: 7/4/2020 3:31:00 AM Hello Caren mam, Nice descriptive poem.:-)Girls remain silent for a reason.Sometimes their partners fail to understand their thoughts.That is when misunderstanding pops up.I liked this work.:-) Keep writing and keep inspiring. Best wishes from Deepa:-) Login to Reply V. Deepa Date: 7/5/2020 7:20:00 AM Yes, women are treated like girls. They are being robbed off their joys Caren Krutsinger Date: 7/4/2020 11:01:00 PM These are women, but their boy-folk treat them like girls.