Abused Beaten Forgotten Poem by Jessica Nobubele Frame

Abused
Feeling threatened
She hides away in the corners
Waiting
Hoping
That this time you will use your manhood to build up
Instead of to crush a woman

Beaten
You left her all alone
After you kicked her
Bruised her
And threatened to take her life

Forgotten
Now she lies there in the dark
Waiting
Hoping
Praying that this time would be the last

Abused
because some beast of a man forgot
That his manhood
Was there to
Protect
Nurture
Lead

Beaten
And no one can help her
Cos YOU said sorry
And THEY forgave you
Saw the remorse in your eyes
But left her powerless
Feeling shamed

Forgotten
Just like millions of women
She used her VOICE to cry out
But no one heard her
And THEY didn’t bother to defend her
Until it was too late

NOW
They say kind words
Some kind of comfort
Words of outcry
But this is too late