Domestic Abuse
Writing about abuse, survival, control, fear, aftermath, and the difficult process of naming what happened without letting it become the whole story.
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She was never the enemy—only the nearest place someone else could throw the pain they refused to carry themselves.
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A poem about leaving one dangerous place only to mistake another for safety.
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Yesterday held hatred; today begins with a casual hello, but memory refuses to pretend the words in between never happened.
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Someone throws every ugly label they can find, only to discover none of them are heavy enough to become her name.
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One question, one word, and one truth that arrives years too late: she had done nothing to deserve it.
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A poem about apologizing yourself smaller until your own voice finally returned.
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A poem about the messages that became stepping stones out of a damaging relationship.
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A poem about choosing peace over proving yourself to someone who kept hurting you.
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A poem about leaving more than once and continuing to choose survival.
