Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Women Who Stay Have Dog Love

Women who stay have dog love.
Beat me.
Kick me.
Demoralize me and my children.
Put me down.
Call me names.
I will love you no matter what.
Women who stay are waiting to recapture
The love that was, 
and hold onto the
What still might be
He didn't mean it.
It was only once.
He's a good guy.
Women who stay have dog love.
Their abusers depend on it.
Stay all you want, women,
But could you please 
send out the children?

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Tyshawn Knight March 9, 2018 at 10:49 AM No one can understand His hold on me I don't love my man He said he'd kill me if I'd leave He is like a bull dog No one can conceive Don't judge me because I am afraid Don't judge 'til you've lived my pain. Just pray that the day I can get away It is life or death...I'm living in shame. Caren Krutsinger March 9, 2018 at 11:19 AM What a great tribute, Tyshawn. Thank you!