NOW I AM HERE

Now I am Here!

As my spirit linger to watch you all cry, bringing flowers, as my body lay ice cold. Here is what a corpse of domestic abuse may think:
NOW I AM HERE
You heard the fights, the verbal abuse, the screaming and the yelling but you done nothing because 
NOW I AM HERE
 My neighbors heard the abuse and said it wasn't none of their business, so they find me here.
 Some scars was hidden and life seemed hard no way out so
NOW I AM HERE
 When I called you, I needed a safety plan a listening ear but all you had was your judgmental reaction. I needed a friend, now you will stand over me as I lay here. Tell me how much you wished you just listen, how much you love me not knowing that would be my last call cause
NOW I AM HERE
Daily phone calls turned to quarterly calls, isolated from all family and friends and noone took the time to care call or stop by. Long sleeves in the summer and your didn't think that was odd, shades when it rained and you didn't think it was strange. Till the day you got that CALL to find out 
NOW I AM HERE
All the signs was there and now you saying your final goodbyes and farewells because my abuser took my life with his/her hands.   
NOW I AM HERE

Written By: Vernita Howard