Nobody told me how it would hurt! Maybe they did and I just didn't listen. Maybe they tried and couldn't find the words. I knew from the start you were the love of my life. Your gentle hands held my face so tenderly, the brush of your lips across my brow told me you felt the same. I knew this wasn't just another game. Our days together grew to months. We married and wanted to grow old together.

Our first months together were heaven on earth to me.
We spent long hours dreaming
of what was to come, making plans for the future
and one day having the little cottage and white picket fence.
We spoke with love and tenderness while
we thought of the beautiful children we would have.

I still look back and wonder what made things change?
What made you change?
Was it me, the children I couldn't have?
Or was it all along I just didn't see
the other side of the love of my life?

If you or someone you know is being abused, be it man, woman or child; let them know they aren't alone. That there is help for them and that they don't have to live like this Anymore!

Crisis Intervention Service
for McMinn County, Tennessee.
Where ever you live help is available.

June 10, 1999 Dear Sharon, I just popped into your site and looked at 'Nobody Told Me' again. It's a disturbing and meaningful piece you have written, on behalf of abused women, and it deserves recognition. This award was created very recently and you are among its first recipients. It comes to you with lots of good wishes. Love, Jackie

Thank you Jackie, I am honored!

Artwork and writings are the creation of
Sharon Wallace © March 23, 1999