Poems about Domestic Violence
#DomesticViolence
Poems about domestic violence, poetry about violent or abusive marriages and relationships. Here you'll find poems about abusive relationships written by survivors of domestic violence. Poetry about the physical and mental challenges involved in getting away from a volatile or violent individual. Inspirational poems about the success of courageous individuals who have managed to leave abusive relationships. Also poems about societies view on domestic violence.
oskar
Poem Published
8th Oct 2023 5:29pm
8th Oct 2023 5:29pm
the ember of love
The Ember of Love
As he was walking along the busy shopping street an old woman, came toward him
He knew her but hadn't seen her for many years
once upon a time, he had loved her very much
they both stopped; she remembered him and forthright, as she always was, told him he looked old
She was old also but refrained from telling her
Their hair was white and brittle, and her prominent nose had dropped, giving her a look like a witch.
They hugged, and he told her she looked great!
Behind the thick-rimmed glasses she wore, he saw
a glimmer of...
As he was walking along the busy shopping street an old woman, came toward him
He knew her but hadn't seen her for many years
once upon a time, he had loved her very much
they both stopped; she remembered him and forthright, as she always was, told him he looked old
She was old also but refrained from telling her
Their hair was white and brittle, and her prominent nose had dropped, giving her a look like a witch.
They hugged, and he told her she looked great!
Behind the thick-rimmed glasses she wore, he saw
a glimmer of...
#ImSorry
#heartbroken
#escape
#IMissYou
#DomesticViolence
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Diva623
Poem Published
3rd Oct 2023 1:22am
3rd Oct 2023 1:22am
Love Gone
My worst dream never realized
happened before my eyes
Hide, fight, or flight
was suddenly understood
The meaning of these words
Tightly wound fists, set me afoot
Thought you never woulda,
sincerely if you ever coulda
Forced to expose you
suppressed emerging behavior restricting every breath, my heart snapped in two.
How did Normal everyday shit — morphed into
Catatonic shit — excised into
Armageddon shit?! SHI-IT!!—
Normality became my anxiety
Anxious for what would be or not be
Because, at...
happened before my eyes
Hide, fight, or flight
was suddenly understood
The meaning of these words
Tightly wound fists, set me afoot
Thought you never woulda,
sincerely if you ever coulda
Forced to expose you
suppressed emerging behavior restricting every breath, my heart snapped in two.
How did Normal everyday shit — morphed into
Catatonic shit — excised into
Armageddon shit?! SHI-IT!!—
Normality became my anxiety
Anxious for what would be or not be
Because, at...
#rejection
#breakup
#betrayal
#DomesticViolence
#deception
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Lo_bedda
Lo Lo
Lo Lo
Poem Published
25th Sep 2023 5:02pm
25th Sep 2023 5:02pm
Trauma's Scar
Some days, it feels like I can't breathe,
And I find myself asking that same question,
"Why did you leave?"
I think I always knew but never wanted to believe
That one day our love, I would grieve.
Most of the time, I feel alright,
But when the day surrenders to the night,
I also surrender to the fight.
Our demons don't need an invite,
They lurk in the places untouched by light,
Never far nor out of sight,
An unspoken vow to always reunite,
Even now as I write, I'm filled with dread,
Knowing we'll meet again...
And I find myself asking that same question,
"Why did you leave?"
I think I always knew but never wanted to believe
That one day our love, I would grieve.
Most of the time, I feel alright,
But when the day surrenders to the night,
I also surrender to the fight.
Our demons don't need an invite,
They lurk in the places untouched by light,
Never far nor out of sight,
An unspoken vow to always reunite,
Even now as I write, I'm filled with dread,
Knowing we'll meet again...
#sadness
#memories
#FeelingLost
#emptiness
#DomesticViolence
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Casted_Runes
Mr Karswell
Mr Karswell
Poem Published
19th Sep 2023 8:46am
19th Sep 2023 8:46am
the woman who read romance novels with happy endings
there’s an old episode
of Murder, She Wrote
about a woman
who by her own admission
reads only romance novels
with happy endings
but is beaten to death
by the bookseller
because she won’t leave
her violent husband
for him.
and I think how the show
is called “cosy”
with its light mystery
about which we know
that Lansbury
knows all,
or will.
sometimes I think of that lonely woman
who read kissing books to feel safe and as if
love lived somewhere beyond
the rotary and plastic...
of Murder, She Wrote
about a woman
who by her own admission
reads only romance novels
with happy endings
but is beaten to death
by the bookseller
because she won’t leave
her violent husband
for him.
and I think how the show
is called “cosy”
with its light mystery
about which we know
that Lansbury
knows all,
or will.
sometimes I think of that lonely woman
who read kissing books to feel safe and as if
love lived somewhere beyond
the rotary and plastic...
#love
#abuse
#death #DomesticViolence
#death #DomesticViolence
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Ogbonna
Poem Published
15th Sep 2023 10:52pm
15th Sep 2023 10:52pm
Nekky's Story
I am his punching bag,
he punches me at will,
he punches me to vent his anger,
he does so to douse his frustrations.
He tries to regulate my emotions,
he entrenches himself fastidiously
in my life's branches.
My constant battery is his love's
justification.
To him, none else could care better,
not even my own sacrificial mum.
In my secular and public life,
his raging jealousy is hardly concealed.
I am his only mood swing's spectator,
I am enslaved by regular and
suicidal threats.
I must to his own will...
he punches me at will,
he punches me to vent his anger,
he does so to douse his frustrations.
He tries to regulate my emotions,
he entrenches himself fastidiously
in my life's branches.
My constant battery is his love's
justification.
To him, none else could care better,
not even my own sacrificial mum.
In my secular and public life,
his raging jealousy is hardly concealed.
I am his only mood swing's spectator,
I am enslaved by regular and
suicidal threats.
I must to his own will...
#rejection
#heartbroken
#DomesticViolence
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oskar
Poem Published
30th Aug 2023 8:13am
30th Aug 2023 8:13am
litter on my mind
Litter on my mind
When I walk into the garden of my mind
I sometimes pick up weeds that must be rid of in the cold light of sanity.
A person, from the past, sent me a rancid email claimed
I had been lying when telling him I had crossed the Sahara barefoot when it was a simple spelling mistake
He also claimed that I had only been a cobbler's assistant and that knew nothing about upper soles of
clogs; it is a mystery how he found out I thought my abstract world was mine alone.
I'm told the rude, offensive person dabbles in electric matters.
I...
When I walk into the garden of my mind
I sometimes pick up weeds that must be rid of in the cold light of sanity.
A person, from the past, sent me a rancid email claimed
I had been lying when telling him I had crossed the Sahara barefoot when it was a simple spelling mistake
He also claimed that I had only been a cobbler's assistant and that knew nothing about upper soles of
clogs; it is a mystery how he found out I thought my abstract world was mine alone.
I'm told the rude, offensive person dabbles in electric matters.
I...
#escape
#separation
#DomesticViolence #deception
#DomesticViolence #deception
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84tabby
Sky99
Sky99
Poem Published
21st Aug 2023 2:56pm
21st Aug 2023 2:56pm
Ouch.
#anger
#DomesticViolence
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Green_Arrow
Poem Published
21st Jul 2023 3:59am
21st Jul 2023 3:59am
Like The Shower Scene From "Psycho"
While she was washing
the dirt off, Pamela heard
a crash and opened the door.
But before she reached
for that gun, someone grabbed her
arm and stabbed Pam seven times.
the dirt off, Pamela heard
a crash and opened the door.
But before she reached
for that gun, someone grabbed her
arm and stabbed Pam seven times.
#murder
#home
#fiction
#tragedy
#DomesticViolence
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Wordvomit2001
Poem Published
29th Jun 2023 6:47pm
29th Jun 2023 6:47pm
1205
Every night 1205 always wondered why
1205 the time you'd begin to snore so i knew it was safe
I could just be
Every night one two three four
1205 check for movement 1 2 3 4
You couldn't yell at me at 1205
301 different story i'd pretend to be asleep
It never worked
You'd start a fight id cry
The dog would hide
1205 stayed up till 4 then went to sleep sleep till 12 12 was safe
1205 the time you'd begin to snore so i knew it was safe
I could just be
Every night one two three four
1205 check for movement 1 2 3 4
You couldn't yell at me at 1205
301 different story i'd pretend to be asleep
It never worked
You'd start a fight id cry
The dog would hide
1205 stayed up till 4 then went to sleep sleep till 12 12 was safe
#secrets
#TimeHeals
#escape #DomesticViolence
#escape #DomesticViolence
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Brie0077
Epiphany007
Epiphany007
Poem Published
22nd Jun 2023 2:15am
22nd Jun 2023 2:15am
Invisible hell haiku updated 6/21/23
I didn’t hit you?
Invisible hell, can’t tell
Just emotional abuse….
Invisible hell, can’t tell
Just emotional abuse….
#emotional
#DomesticViolence
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Wordvomit2001
Poem Published
12th Jun 2023 3:33am
12th Jun 2023 3:33am
invislbe
hopefully this is as good as the others You stole my entire senior year from me prom, graduation , but i can scream about how bad you two fucked me up till my throat is raw and bloodied, but it will never be enough . , ((you wanted control and didn't give a shit if you had to take it from me by force )). But thank you for hell for iam no longer afraid . i will never get those fucking years back but for you j it was fucking tuesday , and for you m you were threatend because i might just might of graduated , become something bigger . but you couldn't let that happen could you you couldn't stand...
#anger
#MovingOn
#escape #DomesticViolence
#escape #DomesticViolence
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Ahavati
Tams
Tams
Poem Published
11th Jun 2023 1:37am
11th Jun 2023 1:37am
Women
I
Women are allowed to break oaths
professions sewn from hope
burn bridges to the ground
to make room for what counts
II
The problem with violence
is that it captures attention—
making it effective
When our bodies vibrate into action
we reach for reason
to hypnotize us
into balanced numbness
III
In my domestic violence exhibit
at the local library
one victim had written: ...
Women are allowed to break oaths
professions sewn from hope
burn bridges to the ground
to make room for what counts
II
The problem with violence
is that it captures attention—
making it effective
When our bodies vibrate into action
we reach for reason
to hypnotize us
into balanced numbness
III
In my domestic violence exhibit
at the local library
one victim had written: ...
#women
#relationships
#feminism #DomesticViolence
#feminism #DomesticViolence
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