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Domestic violence doesn't impact the victim only! It affects everyone around the abuser. In this poem, a little boy recalls the first word he learned was, violence!
TW: Violence and emotional abuse
Domestic violence doesn’t impact the victim only! It affects everyone around the abuser. In this poem, a little recollects the first word he learned was — violence!
Violence is the first vocabulary — spoken and learned in whispers behind the thickness of shut doors.
Violence is the continuous flicker of television in a dark room, sometimes.
Violence is calling Ma after a sudden scream.
Violence is also a pair of noise-canceling headphones blasting metal rock.
Violence is a bout of crying while watching a comedy film.
Violence is also the anticipation of reconciliation.
Violence is a perpetual distraction at school.
Violence is Ma’s generous smile under her bluish eyes.
Violence is opening the door to no one, even after the bell rings multiple times.
Violence is a violent wish to become an adult just for the night.
Violence is the urge to stop violence through violence.
Violence is Baba’s milk, like laughter at a sexist wife joke.
Violence is the temporary pause in violence when guests come over.
Violence is understanding violence before learning to spell it.
Image source: Still from the short film Son Saves Her Mother From Being Abused
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