domestic troubles

she sat there frozen,
like a rabbit betwen the headlights,
she was shaking uncontrollably,
the tears trickling,
over her freshly blackened eye,
all was silent,
apart from the whimper,
of her child,
crying herself to sleep..again,
the father was out drinking..again,
she sat there frozen,
staring out of the same old window,
with the same old fear,
of the same old man,
returning to the same old house,
and giving the same old beating,
to his wife.. always the same!!