Extreme Cases

Her face
With her lovely children
The 5 o'clock news
She took her children
Went underground
In hopes of
Never being found

She'll do anything
Change her name
Her appearance
Always searching for
Safe clearance
Her life is not her own
It's now owned
By fear of being caught

But each night she'll
Gently tell her children
A good, goodnight story and
Pray
They'll remember their
New last name.

*There are more of these domestic violence cases then we, or I, can even imagine.