Have you ever wondered why?
Why he or she covers up the lies?
Why he or she doesn’t just leave?
Why he or she cannot see what you see?
Have you ever tried to understand?
Walk in his or her shoes if you can?
Ever think of the dangers that are at hand?
Do you realize the mental control that is in place?
Do you know the things that he or she must face?
Do you know what is possibly at stake?
How much careful planning it all takes?
Before judging and assuming, before victim bashing.
Be aware. Aware of the things that are most likely happening.
For a victim of abuse they may not be aware of the choices they have.
They may feel like no one cares.
Take into consideration of the brainwashing.
Being told that no one loves them.
Being told that it is their fault and that they deserve it.
Abuse goes so much deeper than a physical wound you may happen to see.
The mental, verbal and emotional abuse is not seen by the naked eye.
The invisible scars that lie deep beneath and hold so much control.
Have you ever wondered?
Have you ever really just wondered?
Why he or she is so closed off from the world?
Why he or she does not trust a single soul?
How hard it is for them to gain back their own self control?
Do you know what it is like to be a prisoner in your own mind?
To feel trapped even after you have already escaped?
Triggers: A scent, a sound, a touch, a day, a time, an event, a number of things that could send a person spiraling backwards in their healing.
The panic and anxiety attacks
The not wanting to leave from under the covers of your bed.
Never feeling safe.
Always feeling alone.
And you wonder why he or she goes back?
The sweet lies that drip from the tip of the abusers tongue.
The lies that have the victim turn back and run.
Run back to the arms of the one who causes the most pain.
Blinded by the disguise.
Not seeing their own demise.
All in order to feel “loved”
Have you ever wondered?
How he or she got there?
What has them stuck there?
Have you ever taken the time to fully understand?
What it is like to be controlled by another persons hand?
How someone once so strong could be so fragile?
How someone with so much confidence now insecure?
How someone who once was so full of life can now be so passionless?
Have you ever wondered?
What can you say?
What can you do?
To possibly get them to see the truth?
Truth is..
You can tell them until your face turns blue.
It isn’t that they don’t hear you or want to hear you.
They need to see the truth
For themselves.
They have to see their way out.
They have to see that they will be safe.
They have to get to that point.
The point where they have had enough.
Their eyes will be open
Where they will soon realize.
Everything that was said
Was nothing but lies.
It was all a disguise
To try and paralyze
A caterpillar from transforming into a butterfly.
Have you ever wondered?
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