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“I never want to see you again!” she screams. 
From down the hall I hear a thud, 
and the screaming continues. 
“Is it like this every night?” my friend asks. 
“Yes, every night. I don’t understand what makes someone 
stay…” I pause. “…what makes someone put up with it all.” 
In my mind I dream of getting up, 
of walking down the hall, 
opening the door, and ending this. 
I dream of making this poor excuse of a man, of a husband, of a father, 
pick on someone his own size instead of victimizing the innocent around him. 
I dream of rescuing this woman, these children, 
from the desperation in which they constantly live. 
Instead, I shake it off and turn the volume up on the television. 
Sometimes I wonder who the poor excuse really is.
This poem © Kevin Walker. Published August 2012.
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“Missio Nexus,” a new cooperative missions network, has been launched as the umbrella association for world missions efforts from North America. Until recently, two associations of missions agencies and denominations have operated in the United States and Canada: CrossGlobal Link (formerly IFMA) and The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA). Church of God World Missions is a founding member […]