Posted:Wed Dec 24, 2008 7:33 AM CST
War on Women
From 2000 to 2006, a total of seven years
2,697 American soldiers
were killed by hostile forces.
Americans cried a river of grieving tears.
726 died there accidentally
in "non-hostile" incidents.
We lost many more in another war we fear.
At home, including the 72 killed on 9/11,
611 American law enforcement officers
were "killed feloniously"
in the cause and line of duty.
Only those reported on the list are clear.
554 officers died on the job
accidentally,
of heart attacks,
shootings,
suicide,
and
"non-hostile",
incidentally.
What are the numbers of the war we mirror?
Total of 4,588
Of front-line military
and deaths of law enforcement.
There is another war.
undeclared by any institution
of our fine government.
More than
8,000 women,
were shot,
stabbed,
strangled
or beaten to death
by the intimate males
in their lives.
When will we mourn their deaths in arrears?
We pay tribute as a nation
With Television,
Newspapers
As it is our obligation.
The dead law enforcement officers
and of war in ceremonies we honor.
These women do not receive the same respect it appears.
Ignored by the media, over and over again.
They are treated with contempt and disdain.
They are not labeled heroes, nor are they honored
Public or private formal ceremonies are not sponsored.
Why is it no one cares or wants to hear?
Those are only the deaths. In the same period;
24,000 U.S. Military were wounded in action.
5.3 million were domestic abuse estimations
5,300,000.
More than 300,000 women and children seek safety in shelters each year.
Wars usually produce refugee camps in large numbers:
witness the United Nations around the world as they scatter.
This War on Women is no exception in the form of the 2,500 or so shelters
across North America as women and their children who are battered.
The psyche and soul of woman, domestic abuse indefinitely sears.
When will we as a people stop the burning tears?