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          I Got Flowers Today


I got flowers today.
It wasn’t my birthday or any other
special  day
We had our first argument last night,
And he said a lot of cruel things
that really hurt me.
I know he is sorry and didn’t mean
the things he said
Because he sent me flowers today.

I got flowers today.
It wasn’t our anniversary or any other  
special  day
Last night he threw me into a wall
and started to choke me.
It seemed like a nightmare.
I couldn’t believe it was real
I woke up this morning sore and bruised  
all  over.
I know he must be sorry,
Because he sent me flowers today.


I got flowers today.
It wasn’t Mother’s Day or any other  
special day.
Last night he beat me up again.
And it was much worse than all the other  
times.
If I leave him, what will I do?
How will I take care of my kids?
What about money?
I’m afraid of him and scared to leave.
But I know he must be sorry
Because he sent me flowers today.


I got flowers today.
It was the day of my funeral.
Last night, he finally killed me.
He beat me to death.
If only I had gathered
Enough courage and strength to leave
him,
I would not have gotten flowers today.


                                         Anonymous

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           Domestic Violence is:


"Violence against Love,
Violence against humanity,
Spousal abuse,
Marriage neglect,
A prison, in which a person is trapped  
into submission.

Domestic violence is: that which society  
covers up rather than faces up to that it  
should determine to heal.
It is ugliness, sanitized with excuses.

It is violence, in words deeds, demands,  
expectations.

It is a symptom not the disease unfolding  
from a deeper cause.

Love demands: us to address this cause!
only then will the symptoms disappear.
Domestic violence, is violence, in many
forms.

Only when the lies end
love unfolds, the ever present."


              Quoted in part
                      Poem by

            Rolf A. F. Witzsche