Hidden

Domestic Abuse

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They called her

Easy

Because of the

Make up

Layered thick on

Her face

A secret hidden

Beneath foundation

And rouge.

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Her body

A Map

Of his abuse

Fading bruises

And scars

Fear kept her

Paralyzed

Until one day

She found her

Wings

And flew away

Into the night!

He had tried

To steal the life

The joy out of

Her