Help Me Tell Them.
Sequel to "Wife Beater" , I have written this poem as a call out to women -daughers and sisters - in abusive relationships. You are not alone. You can get out. Share with someone, until everyone knows that #AbusiveRelationships is a real issue. Help Me Tell Them. Help me tell them, That are oppressed and abused by their men, They who suffer in silence at the recieving end, Sound the alarm and let it pierce ears, Speak up, it's time to stop hiding in the closet, Face tender, sore eyes flooded with bitter tears, Help me tell them, Who are in shackles and call it relationship, Where he hasn't done anything on your head, Yet wants your back to know every inch of his bed, No traditional paraphernalia nor palm wine kegs, Nay! Doesn't even know your parents, And yet strikes like thunder, giving you welts, Help me tell them, They that are precious jewels, These daughters and sisters, Who suffer and hide their scars, That the cycle of violence ought to end with the mother