Domestic violence awareness Stories

There was a girl I knew, once upon a yesteryear On an ordinary day - with the sky so clear They were the best days of one’s life College. So much to learn…and unlearn The yearning urges of puberty grow in volume No more bedtimes or parental on-looking Alone in the dorm -- wifi fun till dawn But I’d hear her crying and wonder why I’d hear his shouting and watch As her friends come ‘round less and less And soon I started to...

"Do you feel like a man when you push her around? Do you feel better now as she falls to the ground?... A new life she has found, face down in the dirt, She said this doesn't hurt, she said, I've finally had enough..." Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Face Down. A shove, A word, A phrase, A curse. She looks up at him from the ground, A steely look on her face, "We're over," she says, and struggles up just to be, pushed back down....

"Just didn't drink enough to say you love me..." Evanescence, Lithium. He gets home, Staggering to the bedroom, Expects her laid out, Ready to please him. She is asleep, Laying on the bed, Escaped to dreams and hopeful happiness, The land of love. He shakes her, Sending her to a new dream, A nightmare of swinging fists, And angry, drunken words. She knows this place, It is the in-between, Between his hatred for her, And h...