She Won't Say She Needs Help
On Abuse
She wants me to know she doesn’t want to leave
<,,,>her husband,
<,,,>her boyfriend,
<,,,>her father.
.*
He didn’t
<,,,>hit her
<,,,>drug her
<,,,>leave a mark
<,,,>mean to kill her
.*
And anyway she didn’t
<,,,>say no
<,,,>say no loud enough
<,,,>fight back
<,,,>made sure she was so perfect he wouldn’t do...
<,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,>,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,> ...what he did
.*
She needs me to know
<,,,>he loves her
<,,,>he didn’t mean to
<,,,>she already forgave him
<,,,>she wants to forgive him
.*
The
<,,,>bruises
<,,,>holes in the plaster
<,,,>threats
<,,,>death certificate
*
<,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,> ...do not mean
*
<,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,><,,,> ... it was
abuse
About the Creator
Aubrey Rebecca
My writing lives in the liminal spaces where memoir meets myth, where contradictions—grief/joy, addiction/love, beauty/ruin—tangle together. A Sagittarius, I am always exploring, searching for the story beneath the story. IG: @tapestryofink
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