Abused <br />Feeling threatened <br />She hides away in the corners <br />Waiting <br />Hoping <br />That this time you will use your manhood to build up <br />Instead of to crush a woman <br /> <br />Beaten <br />You left her all alone <br />After you kicked her <br />Bruised her <br />And threatened to take her life <br /> <br />Forgotten <br />Now she lies there in the dark <br />Waiting <br />Hoping <br />Praying that this time would be the last <br /> <br />Abused <br />because some beast of a man forgot <br />That his manhood <br />Was there to <br />Protect <br />Nurture <br />Lead <br /> <br />Beaten <br />And no one can help her <br />Cos YOU said sorry <br />And THEY forgave you <br />Saw the remorse in your eyes <br />But left her powerless <br />Feeling shamed <br /> <br />Forgotten <br />Just like millions of women <br />She used her VOICE to cry out <br />But no one heard her <br />And THEY didn’t bother to defend her <br />Until it was too late <br /> <br />NOW <br />They say kind words <br />Some kind of comfort <br />Words of outcry <br />But this is too late<br /><br />Jessica Nobubele Frame<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/abused-beaten-forgotten/
