Victoria's one and only poem (as promised Grandpa) it's very slightly doctored by me, but very slightly, pasting it from MS Word into e-mail throws the spacing out - it should read as four line single spaced breaked stanzas but in e-mail you get it as all 'spaced out'.
The bit that follows is a (very devious) modern haiku by me.
best
Dave
37
When I was younger
this was happening to me
Domestic Violence cases So
Much Misery
it's pain and disruption
And anger and hate
before I realised What was
Happening it was too late
I felt trapped and scared and
Very alone and so fright
-ended but I dare not Moan
My head was a Mess
My body was bruised
It was a constant stress
To my Family and Freinds
I would say "I fell"
(I dare not tell)
I avoided them so no one would
see
The physical and emotional
pain He inflicted on me
He told me I was worthless
And no good
And I believe What he said
And people Listening to all the
lies He spread
but remember this you are
a person no matter what
they say:
It's him now that is suffering
at the end of everyday
XVIII
Between a bark and a snort
as the sunlight dusted the canal
mute swan sound.
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