I Would Have Freed More If Only They Knew

Looking into the eyes of my sisters

I see fear

I see that they have given up

Running away wasn’t an option

They were determined to stay

Take the abuse

Take the punishment

I see her and I nod my head in acknowledgement

Signaling that it’s okay to leave

You don’t have to stay

I have seen the makeup trying to cover the bruises

I have heard you thrown up against the walls

You might have tried to muffle the sound

I heard each one out loud

As you rush to work, dropping off the kids, and making sure your secret is kept

I noticed that during lunch you are sitting in your car, never with a bite to eat

Enjoying your solitude, I wonder where you are

My sister, you don’t have to endure this pain

I have an escape all planned out

You say that you love him

You can’t leave him

That I don’t understand

That he’s only being a man

I look at you with disbelief

I do understand more than you know

I received the call the next day that they found you

You got your wings

Gone too soon

He’s locked up

The kids are in the system

There was another way if you would have seen that you were free

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Patricia A. Saunders
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