Susie's Prompt

I have had internet issues again. See, I live in the sticks, near farm land and a swamp.  I feel fortunate when the internet works, but when it does not-I turn into a ugly, warty toad.

No, I think our ISP is making service repairs...I wish for upgrades.  Susie asked us to write a poem about the abuse of Women. Yes, today WE SCREAM!   March has been set aside by Woman Scream International Poetry Festival,  to raise awareness through poetry about violence against women.

Their mission is to honor women and create a conscious calling against women’s violence.  I found this a difficult write.  I can  say, I have not been  physically abused, but emotional-I do have some tangled memories.  It isn't my family, but another one that I have seen and felt the disconnect.  Toxic people take many forms~

Close knit family

clotted with DNA's gelatinous webs

tangled hope spindles

Black mold breathes

darkness breeds dismal swamp

toxins take hold

green spikes suffocate

blue gray mist inward crawls

must rotate crops

a difficult journey

heart shaped swords slash tongues

one trembles forever

glory is flooded

 behemoth river opens caution's door

waiting saturated barbs

Fenced chain metal

one crawls around armored dreams

spins glossy silk

Climbing on edge

naked and wet, you re-emerge

escape pinched pot

Folded prayers cast

answered in pressed floral memories

Freedom's price endures

© Ellen Wilson