Battered Woman Syndrome

by Darien   Jun 9, 2006


Battered Woman Syndrome

The moon faded behind clouds,
as they drifted in the wind.
Streetlights flicker on and off,
and no other light can be found.

Alcohol was the scent on his breath,
his mind was always out of place.
He is aggressive when he drinks,
and takes his anger out on her.

Her fingers carefully on the trigger,
tears and blood fall at her feet.
In a dream world, he won't know,
until he awakes, if he ever does.

Nerves send shivers down her spine,
hesitating and breathing heavily.
Her mind carries her into memories,
when she felt pain, anger and hate.

He cut her with a broken bottle,
she bleeds from under her left eye.
Tonight she will put an end to this,
for everything he has ever done.

When push comes to shove,
she was always facing down.
Shouts and screams echoing,
a gun shot puts it to silence.

The streetlights flicker on and off,
flashing lights rush to her home.
The moon crawls out of darkness,
and the moonlight shines again.

*Battered Woman Syndrome is a defense used in some courts for women who have been constantly assaulted by their abusive husband. It can drive them to a point where they murder their husbands, but they can be defended in court. Under the Battered Woman Defence*

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  • 14 years ago

    by Brittney Follett

    I feel as if I was watching a movie. You a lot of strong descriptive words.

    I liked how you used the moon to foreshadow and then conclude the poem.
    "The moon faded behind clouds,"
    Its setting the mood for the poem as well as foreshadowing (Its a dark setting for a dark time, the light flees from the bad thing that is about to happen.)

    "The moon crawls out of darkness,
    and the moonlight shines again."
    The story is over and the light comes back out now that its safe. But it is crawling, that is creepy meaning the hero might have won but at a cost of something bad. However the moonlight shines again promising better days.
    ^Cool little idea of yours I liked :)

    The rest, like I said was very descriptive and you chose the right words so everything flowed smoothly together.
    Nothing wrong that I found.

    Excellent
    5/5

  • 17 years ago

    by Cherise

    Very dark topic, that had to be wrote about. i loved this!
    5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by Jenni Marie

    I liked this one to, although some of the imagery kind of creeped me out a little. Another 5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by Shawna

    This poem had a good subject, but I think it could use some work, I didn't think it flowed very well. Even when poems don't rhyme, you can still word them to flow a little better. But definately a great topic to write about.

  • 18 years ago

    by not a poet

    Once again amazing, i love how you arent afraid to write about things alot of our society dosent except.

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