Showing posts with label domestic violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label domestic violence. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Help and Links for Domestic Violence sites...

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Links and Help on Domestic Violence;

Your Online Domestic Violence Survival Kit


The National Domestic Violence Hotline


National Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE

For Military Families...

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence and Abuse:Warning Signs and Symptoms of Abusive Relationships

National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence

National Network to End Domestic Violence

Domestic violence toward women: Recognize the patterns and seek help

Jane Doe, Inc.

Domestic Violence: Protecting Yourself and Your Children


I Got Flowers Today

a well known poem about domestic violence...

I got flowers today 
It wasn’t my birthday or any other special day. 
Last night we had a fight and he hit me, 
But I know he is sorry 
Cause I got flowers today

I got flowers today 
It wasn’t our anniversary or any other special day. 
Last night he threw me against the wall and started to choke me, 
But I know he’s sorry, 
Cause I got flowers today

I got flowers today 
It wasn’t Mothers day or any other special day 
I was so swollen and bruised I was ashamed to answer the door 
But I know he’s sorry, 
Cause I got flowers today

If I leave him, where will I go? 
What about money? what about my kids? 
It’s getting worse every time but I’m afraid to leave 
But I know he’s sorry 
Cause I got flowers today

I got flowers today 
My family and friends filed by to see me 
Asking why I never left him, 
If I only had the strength and courage to, but I didn’t 
So I got Flowers today

© Allen "Two Trees" Dowdell
September 1991

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Victims by Chance....Survivors by Choice!: Poetry of Abuse - I Got Flowers Today