Les Henson
Never-ending violence
In the homes
Of our city
Incessant, irrational violent
Family violence
Women threatened
And manipulated
Abused and raped
Living in fear
Of those who should love them
Beaten and downtrodden
Controlled and forbidden
Freedom curtailed
Bodies smashed
Lives destroyed
Afraid and unable to escape
Dying alone
In pain and anguish
A mother’s daughter
And a father’s little girl
And Jesus wept
For they know what they do.