There is no dignity in begging
In begging someone not to hurt you
In begging “please”
In begging forgiveness
In pleading for your own safety
A safety that ought to be yours by right
There is no dignity in fear
In the unreasonable, unspeakable, gut
Wrenching fear
And the panic that comes
When they can do anything to you
And you can do nothing
There is no dignity in being screamed at
Like a child
In being degraded before others
In having strings pulled
Like a puppet
There is no dignity in the fear
That clutches at your heart when
They say “we’ll talk about this later
In that tone of voice
And you think they mean in bed
Suddenly terrified
At that point
You would rather throw yourself
In front of a train
Than displease them further
So you shut up
And you do as they say
There is no dignity, no humanity in someone
Other than yourself
Having complete and utter control
Over the ratios of pain and fear in your life
There is no dignity in being a wife.
copyright MDS 1996. All rights reserved.
Fiery K. Tarot 
This is heart wrenching..
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Reading it now makes me so glad I made the decision to change my life that year! That’s the year I moved the fuck OUT! And never went back! to him or anyone else that acted like that!
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I am so happy for you and also so proud….It couldn’t have been easy.
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Thank you!!!! It wasn’t, but MY GOD IT WAS WORTH IT! I’m so glad I did! I had read the book Seth Speaks and it said you could change your life like an artist can change a painting – just erase the canvas and paint what you want. And I believed it and applied it! Fred Rogers, Wayne Dyer, and Tony Robinson all helped along the way.
For women in abusive situations – sometimes it’s not possible. I know that. When you have children – you have to weigh the evils and it’s not always as simple as “Just leave.” But if you can, at all. Know that happiness won’t come overnight. I’ts a process. It takes time and being poor for a long time. But by the grace of god and goddess, it CAN be done.
I’m so happy with the life I”ve built. But boy it took from the time I was 25 and then incrementally got better year by year until now at 46 I feel like I can finally say I have the base that I want to build from.
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