Stop

Abuse comes in many shapes and sizes of containers, you see,
though some are more easily perceived when you can view the bruises that they leave.
This is the tale of destruction of the emotional sort,
a somber story of just how far it is that some men are willing to go.

She bore his children, kept their home, made their nightly meals,
while he was having an affair for years, the best of both worlds was his deal.
When she finally found out it was a real shock to her sweet soul,
and she left as soon as she could make her way safely out the door.

You might think, oh that’s great, at least she found her way out,
but her torture had not yet even begun to start.
For divorcing this man with his prominent connections,
would continue for years, as he methodically tried to crush her to dust.

For how dare she be so bold as to think that she could escape his control,
and go onto a new life without her every last move under his thumb?
If he could not have her, then he would make sure that no one else could,
and he’d stop at nothing to make sure that he held her down in the mud.

Petty motions, countless court dates, attorney’s fees and more,
strangled her finances to take care of herself and their youngest son.
Though the ridiculous nature of his legal moves was apparent to all,
they partook of his plentiful monies, and let their morality fall.

He smugly and surely encircled her, awaiting the day that she’d have to give in,
knowing that with his resources he could outlast her and buy every favor to win,
I fear that he will never stop until he has killed her, one way or another,
even then, the paper would probably just say it was from ‘natural causes’.

I believe that I may be in jeopardy too, just for having the gall to speak up,
but my melodic voice of poetry is the only way I have to help my friend out.
My gentle hope is that he will miraculously stop and see the things that we see.
Please, do not say that I am naïve to believe in miracles, so that she may someday live in peace.