A Poem by Nicole Lofton

Love is not a game neither is it your name. I will not allow you to use me, abuse me or call me out my name. I will not allow you to take everything away from me and put me to shame. I will not let you destroy me and tell me im to blame. I refuse to listen to your lies that are so sharp they cut deep into my heart. I refuse to lay with you knowing that i have no reason too. Emotionless because not only am i clueless to who or what you are but i am clueless to who i am. I have lost myself under the circumstance. Now its time to rise up i have taken all i can. Its time to rise up i have done all that i can. Its time to rise up i am taking a stand. No longer will i try to turn a boy into a man. No longer will i let your hands determine my plan. No longer will i allow you to keep me in sorrow. I thank GOD that HE has allowed me to see tomorrow because is not promised to you or I and that is the main reason why i have to say goodbye. No more silence my body is screaming to loudly to hold it all inside. Stop domestic violence, hear our silent cries.