Annice Thomas has had a love of history and poetry since she was 10 years old. As a community champion, she regularly sends poems to a variety of groups as her way of keeping people hopeful and motivated.
It was her great joy to create a collection of poems to accompany the Life Stories project. During last year’s Old People’s Day, she sent out a poem in dedication to our community seniors.
This was picked by the Age Uk and now by the Reading Rural Museum as seen through the link below https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnbTUDe9KRrWaR5cGItKlP1MgEHUuaXRj.
Annice continues to use her poetry talent to reach out to the community especially the difficult covid-19 experience and encourages all the community champions to maximise their talents in making the difference that is most needed in the times we are in.
Beside is the poem Annice has dedicated to this year’s Women International Day.
Loving Your Enemy
Loving your enemy is a hard thing to do
Especially when your enemy is your partner too
Tormented by ruthlessness
Feelings of worthlessness
Walking on eggshells night and day
Masking bruises, too scared to say
Mental torture, wretched humiliation
No family, no friends,
total isolation
Constant gaslighting, no sleep, no money
This is deadly serious
It really isn’t funny
Campaigners say No more! No more!
Victims too afraid to walk out the door
Children cowering in silent fear
Nursing victims, wiping tears
The detriment of daily coercive control
Crushes the mind, body and soul
Food and sex on demand
Living at the perpetrator’s evil command
Loving your enemy is a hard thing to do
Especially when your enemy is your partner too
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