No Way To Live Poem by Dianna Nally

When I look into your eyes
I see a loving, tender man.
And I sometimes wonder, when I read about others
Why they can't be as lucky as I am.

I really get angry when I hear
How some marriages are lived in pain.
How can you live with someone who hurts you?
How could you let them hurt you again?

But then I talked to a couple of women
Who say they are afraid to leave.
They can't raise their children without a father.
Or so he has made them believe.

But what kind of life are you giving your child
By making them live with so much hate?
Don't you know that by keeping them there
A painful life for them is what you will create?

They say if they leave the man they are with
That he will hunt them down
Something needs to be done with these men
Until it is, these women will never be freedom bound.

So even though I am happy in a marriage filled with love
I can't help but think about these women
And all the hate their children witness
This is no way for these children to be livin.

Dianna Nally
10/30/04