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Having It All?
By: MR aka Naila Moon of the Grey
Wolf
All rights reserved June 10, 2012
I am dragging my bag a little bit
slower today.
It seems so much heavier than the day
before.
Why wouldn’t it be? After all, I hit the mother load of
dumpsters, cleaned the place out before the rest of them got their grubby hands
on it.
I am going slower.
Maybe it’s because
I keep hearing his voice ringing in my ears from all the times he slapped me.
“You could
have had it all!” he’d say.
God, how I
despise him! Oh, how I did love him…at least, in the beginning.
I am on the
streets now and no longer afraid.
I am free.
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Authors
note: This story is fictional in nature and fortunately for me not one I have had
to endure. However, there are many women in this country and around the world
that have endured physical abuse, mental abuse or both.
If you are
in these kinds of situations, please seek help. There is a national hotline
number for the U.S.: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
~Naila Moon
Oh Naila this speaks volumes. Well done!~Ames
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI cringe when I read this. Life is too short for all the abuse that goes on.
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You are so right. You bring this sad truth forth so clearly....nicely written.
ReplyDeleteWonderful write, Naila.
ReplyDeleteAnd important.
Thanks.
=)
Very heart wrenching centus. Unfortunately too true. Some day we can only hope it will be a thing of the past.
ReplyDeleteThe dispassionate tone makes it all the harder.
ReplyDeleteSo true. I could have been one of these. I shudder to think of the women who suffer abuse at the hands of cowardly and malicious men.
ReplyDeleteNaila, oh my dear blog friend. This was beyond touching.
ReplyDeleteThe choices that some have to make just break your heart, don't they?
This was really a heartbreaking use of the prompt.
I know it's fiction, but the sad thing is, it is true for so many.
Someday I have more stories to share on this subject.
But not today.
Thank you for sharing this.
I totally relate. Maybe I'll write one one day and blend in with time. You're on the right path, but women who have endured walk a much bumpier road my friend, and a lot darker.
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