My words soon published
Contain many secrets
Clues hidden at random
In poetry and prose
For those who are curious
Validate suspicions
Of that which you already know

To the reader
I describe my silence
Open the dark world
Of domestic violence
Shadows, scars and blood
The act of which no one speaks

I am the victim of angry blows
Unable vocalize my emotional pain
In my sanctuary remain
The black and  blue
Drip down my hand
In retaliatory position
Pen at my command

I brush fine strokes
Of anguish colored gray
Language of the poet
On a torn tear stained page

The result of abuse
Flower of domestic violence
Requiring all my strength  
To control my anger and rage
By writing  words on a page
In my world of silence

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Tammy M Darby