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Fictional Free Verse about Battered Women
A chapter in the book 2024 Gypsy's Free Verse
Love Should Not Hurt
by Gypsy Blue Rose
In Honored All Victims of Violence
it has been a long time since you left your letters stopped coming one unsuspected day when my letter was returned to sender ♦ ♦ ♦ your beatings stopped long ago, bruises, broken bones, and grief are long gone but I'm addicted to you and my heart still races when I hear your name ♦ ♦ ♦ people didn’t understand — friends, emergency doctors, and neighbors asked, why do you stay? he is no good, doesn’t love you, and doesn’t give a damn ♦ ♦ ♦ but once he was my world, my stars, sun, and moon I loved him long after he left me for a younger victim ready to take his bullshit ♦ ♦ ♦ after so many pills, alcohol, drugs, 5150s, and dark nights the only one around was God I let go … I suffered enough
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I worked as an advocate of victims of rape and battered women. I heard many stories. My poem is inspired by the victims/survivors and their stories.
988 suicide and crisis phone line
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI suicide prevention hotline
5150 Emergency Hold (72 Hours) is a critical intervention used to detain individuals who are considered a danger to themselves or others or are gravely disabled due to a mental disorder. This initial period allows for professional evaluation and the start of necessary treatment.
People living with battered woman syndrome may feel helpless. This can cause them to believe they deserve the abuse wrongly and that they can't get away from it. In many cases, this is why people don't report their abuse to police or loved ones.
If you believe you or someone close to you is living with battered woman syndrome, know that it's possible to treat this condition and lead a full life.
Four Stages of Battered Woman Syndrome:
- Denial. The person is unable to accept that they're being abused, or they justify it as being 'just that once'
- Guilt. The person believes they caused the abuse.
- Enlightenment. In this phase, the person realizes that they didn't deserve the abuse and acknowledges that their partner has an abusive personality.
- Responsibility. The person accepts that only the abuser holds responsibility for the abuse. In many cases, this is when they'll explore their options for leaving the relationship.
Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.
Gypsy
Pictures from my Pinterest account. Poems and presentations by Gypsy Blue Rose @copyright2024
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and 2 member cents. 988 suicide and crisis phone line
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI suicide prevention hotline
5150 Emergency Hold (72 Hours) is a critical intervention used to detain individuals who are considered a danger to themselves or others or are gravely disabled due to a mental disorder. This initial period allows for professional evaluation and the start of necessary treatment.
People living with battered woman syndrome may feel helpless. This can cause them to believe they deserve the abuse wrongly and that they can't get away from it. In many cases, this is why people don't report their abuse to police or loved ones.
If you believe you or someone close to you is living with battered woman syndrome, know that it's possible to treat this condition and lead a full life.
Four Stages of Battered Woman Syndrome:
- Denial. The person is unable to accept that they're being abused, or they justify it as being 'just that once'
- Guilt. The person believes they caused the abuse.
- Enlightenment. In this phase, the person realizes that they didn't deserve the abuse and acknowledges that their partner has an abusive personality.
- Responsibility. The person accepts that only the abuser holds responsibility for the abuse. In many cases, this is when they'll explore their options for leaving the relationship.
Thank you for reading and reviewing my poem.
Gypsy
Pictures from my Pinterest account. Poems and presentations by Gypsy Blue Rose @copyright2024
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