Windows shut,
the door locked,
hell is making a visit.
A mother a shield
to protect her child,
takes a beating in silence.
The husband’s blows
vibrate through thin walls.
neighbors suddenly deaf.
A slamming door,
moans carried on the wind,
no one calls the police.
A young mother dead,
her child crying in her arms,
hell had made a visit.
©Susie Clevenger 2011
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