Thank you for posting this. Thank you especially for sketching the bare details of an alarming situation.
Since the resolution is quick, I'm actually hopeful you'll touch upon this in another poem, with later elements. It's very, very rare to find stories which include both abuse which isn't shown as both extreme and permanently damaging. It's treated rather like alcoholism in that respect-- a one drink lapse is "the same as" a three-day bender.
Even with one incident, there are effects, but they don't have to be permanent, or soul-crushing. I'm most definitely not making light of the situation; I'm happy to see a gentle treatment of the problem.
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dancing_serpent
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Date: 2015-04-25 03:18 am (UTC)Since the resolution is quick, I'm actually hopeful you'll touch upon this in another poem, with later elements. It's very, very rare to find stories which include both abuse which isn't shown as both extreme and permanently damaging. It's treated rather like alcoholism in that respect-- a one drink lapse is "the same as" a three-day bender.
Even with one incident, there are effects, but they don't have to be permanent, or soul-crushing. I'm most definitely not making light of the situation; I'm happy to see a gentle treatment of the problem.