Posted in Poetry, tagged 2010, day one, domestic abuse, escape, loneliness, poem a day challenge, Poetic Asides, Poetry, self imprisonment, writer's digest on April 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It was the crack of my head
against the hardwood floor
that broke my addiction
to you.
Already six years of silent solitude
and God knows how many more
will be lived in self-sacrifice
to you.
*Day One of the Poetic Asides’ 2010 Poem A Day Challenge. Today’s theme is loneliness.
Posted in Book suggestion/review, tagged domestic abuse, domestic violence, family, family violence, If I Am Missing or Dead, Janine Latus, murder, sisters, spousal abuse, violence on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was disappointed about the misleading title and description of If I Am Missing or Dead by Janine Latus. I felt that her own story was compelling enough that it could have stood on its own without leading the reader to believe that the book was mostly about her sister’s murder. It was knowing that the book was eventually going to cover her sister’s story that built tension and kept me reading. I believe I would have taken the book in differently if I hadn’t known that before reading. That being said, I believe that Latus is very courageous to share her story. I understand, after finishing the book, that she could not cover her sister’s story because she was not there to know the details. She wove her life with what she could of her sister’s and the comparison was stunning. Though Latus went one way and her sister another, they both could have ended up the same way. It was heartbreaking to see how much Latus’ sister had gone through only to end up murdered by her boyfriend. Latus covered some very important beliefs, feelings, and errant thinking that women have when involved in domestic violence situations. We get an inside view of the thinking that kept her in her marriage for so long. Overall, I felt this was a very good book and something every woman should read. I found the afterword to be excellent and really showing Latus’ purpose in writing this book. This surely was not an easy book to write, but clearly one that needed to be written.
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Posted in Poetry, tagged domestic abuse, life, origin, poem a day challenge, Poetry, pregnancy, writer's digest on April 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Invisible in my
ever-expanding sea.
Tests confirming you
despite your allusiveness.
Originating from the death
of a relationship,
the last remnants
of love gone very wrong.
Then the pulse,
barely imperceptible.
All heart.
He could not get to you.
Protected by nature’s layers,
not yet developed,
you clung to life by sheer
will, your strength
saving me.
Mothering Aspergers
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