Silent Screams
by Spirit Whispers
Copyright 2000
How many know what it is like to keep silent when there is no hope?
How many know what it is like to live in a world of cruelty and
despair?
The silent screams of a woman
Are as the sharpness of a quick brutal wind
But then it is gone as fast as it came
And no one can see or feel it but her
The smell of fear as she endlessly toils
The work-worn hands that used to be young
The sparkling gleam gone from her eyes
Makes her feel there is no hope
Her destiny is cruelty and despair
Because she chose the life with the man she loves
And there is no real light to guide her
Just the one she tries to keep aglow in her mind
No protective arms to hold her
No words of kindness or thanks for all she does
Just the grief of trying to hide the torment in her soul
And the shame of trying to cover the marks on her body
Becoming a master of lies to explain how her face became bruised
And an expert at excuses on why at the time she can not be social
That agonizing reality is a part of her now
Her spirit broken and her pride erased
But the dreams of better things
The beauty in her soft heart
The love for her children
Is what keeps her
We are the mothers of all
We are the love that makes children grow and flourish
Our dreams were once fresh and new, our goals once reachable
But the love for a cruel man became much stronger
The devotion and loyalty to him is all we came to know
The blunt pain of the blows are not as the searing pain of the mind
But the hope for our children is what will keep us alive
Will we ever see that for our children we must fly
Their innocence and love for their mother
Should not have to bear the burden
But should feel happy and safe from within always
And when we are released what will we do
Like a mistreated animal who is sent back to freedom
If we can endure then we will survive
To reach the dreams that once were heavy in our minds
To forget the past is what we must do
Leave behind the greed, the loneliness, the despair
Life will come to us again
And it will come better than before
But we must reach higher than we ever thought to
And we can achieve what we once only dreamed of.
Our fate is in the hands of ourselves
And the desire for the kindness that we deserve
It will help us to win the battle...
But we must fight within ourselves alone...
For there is no one to hear our silent screams.
THE END
