by Ashley Moreno

Created on: April 16, 2008

She walks down the hallway, drops a pair of her husband's boxers, and bends over to pick it up. Behind her, her husband, angry and dunk beyond belief. He grabs her hair and pulls her up, her neck stretching far back. She struggles to get herself loose. She feels her hair being pulled from the roots as she cries out in pain. He laughs at her futile attempts to push away. He gets in her face. She smells the stench of the alcohol as it burns through her nose. Clean up my house and fix me dinner, bitch! he screams. She smells the alcohol and it hurts her how much he is hurting her. He lets her go as she starts breaking down in the hallway, clothes spewed all over. Laying there, she realizes one thing, abuse hurts. The man she thought loved her, has caused the many bruises she has along her arms and legs. Her ribs have been cracked three times by this man. She lays there and slowly starts to realize all of it wasn't out of love, as he had told her. This women goes through the daily struggle of being around a man who hits and abuses her. She is part of the thousand of women who get sexually, physically, or verbally abused every year. Many women refuse to speak up about the abuse, afraid of what their 'lover' would say. They are afraid of losing the one person they think is forever. Love influences there choices, love blinds them all. Relationships in which someone abuses you, isn't right. The same goes for family abuse. If a family member abuses you in any way its wrong. Violence in a home hurts as well as abuse in a relationship. Violating someone's trust and hurting them emotionally, not only physically. When abused in any way, the victim can feel loneliness, anger, depression, etc. If you have ever heard the quote 'Prison without walls or windows' you understand what it means. Those who go through abuse every day understand that where they are at the present time feels like a prison with no walls or windows. It is a death trap to any and all who fall into it. Unless you have the strength to crawl out of the hole. And with this, freedom. For those who can get out, and who do, there is always a long road to recovery. Your self esteem had been so low when you were with your spouse who had abused you, so all you know are the words he spoke. "Ugly!", "Stupid!", "Bitch!", "Piece of Shit!". You never knew men or women could be trusting. And before you laugh, YES, men go through abuse as well. The victim of the abuse never knew anything other then there own imperfections. The long road to finding themselves and finding there beauty again is a grueling road to go down, but one not so far gone. Those who undergo abuse must find help, immediately. It is not healthy nor is it normal or loving for someone to hurt you.

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