Deborah Greene Poems

Beaten and Broken. Captured and enslaved;
My heart's filled with fear, anguish, and much rage.
Belittled and berated. Mistreated and harasshed;
Pushed aside and forgotten like yesterday's trash.
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Through years of hurt, anguish, heartache, and pain,
I’ve been wearing a smile to mask my inner shame.
I didn’t even want anyone to know my name.
‘I’ was responsible, but ‘you’ are to blame!
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