Domestic Abuse

All I wanted was to be wanted,

But was always flaunted.

Like an object, I stood,

And with people I was hooked.

Those memories kept haunting,

And the world kept taunting.

Driven crazy with those constant shouts,

And beaten down to nothing.

He choked me till I couldn’t speak,

His tortures have increased to its peak.

Like a slave he made me feel,

And raw layers of my flesh he would peel.

In the cage called home, I was concealed,

Like a prey, I was devoured,

But with every passing hour I was empowered.

The storm within me was built,

The veil from my face of darkness uplifted,

For women would no longer be preyed,

It’s time for men to be chased.

All I asked for was a flicker of light before the dawn,

But, To please people I was not born.

I had much to accomplish,

But courage was what I needed to polish.

I believed in being strong,

When everything else was going wrong,

The world seemed to tear me apart,

When I wanted to share my part.

I realised the importance of my voice,

And knew I had a choice.

My heart raged

Because the inner me no longer wanted to be caged,

For I wanted to shatter the silence

And stop the violence.

The disease was not in me,

But in the mind of the abusers.

For women are not here to feed you or satisfy your desires,

We burn together like a wildfire,

Screaming to the disease for us to be unchained,

Our powers are regained.

For you should remember men....

That disease can heal,

But, the real hurt is concealed.