"My life was in danger every single day,

Oh my God ,why did I stay!"

Domestic abuse is a cowardly affair,

"Unable to live safely in my home is unfair."

 

Domestic abuse has only one aim,

Using fear ,guilt,intimidation and blame.

To gain control,wear you down and mistreat,

This crime hidden at home we must defeat.

 

The scars of domestic violence run deep,

The trauma you don't want to keep.

The fear of danger you need to eradicate,

"The man I did love,his actions I now hate!"

 

Don't be trapped by confusion,guilt and self blame,

For being battered,and mistreated you are not to blame.

You deserve a safe and happy life,

To be violated is not the role of a wife.

 

"My life was in danger every single day,

The man whom I loved used violence to get his way."

Abuse creates invisible chains,

Wrapped ruthlessly round a woman's pains.

 

Life for her was like walking on egg shells,

Falling down the cracks as his anger dispells.

Living in a world of every day terror,

Frightened of inciting violence, by making an error.

 

"Every day I was told I was worthless,it damaged my esteem,

Dependent on my partner,leaving him,was an impossible dream.

I felt as if I was trapped in a bog,

He even threatened to kill my dog."

 

The abused need priority housing when in need,

To avoid the trauma of a deathly bleed.

Raise the expectations of the victims from the very start,

Giving them a safe path to confidently depart.

 

Unleash them from a position of dependence,

Establishing a place for them to gain independence.

Priorotise the victims not the perpetrators,

Protect the children, away from the dictators.

 

Locks on houses should be changed,

Electric tags on the perpertrator prearranged.

She made sacrifices for her soul mate,

Being bruised and battered must not be her fate!!!