Domestic Violence

Punchbag

The punchbag takes it
Doesn't complain
When punched and kicked
And punched again

Why does she stay?
She must get out
Escape before
The final bout


Poem copyright Bernard Young 2010





Awareness, perception and documentation of domestic violence differs from country to country, and from era to era. Estimates are that only about a third of cases of domestic violence are actually reported in the United States and the United Kingdom.