When feelings go You are without A heart, a face, A soul. An empty hole. You have a voice But cannot speak Your heart knows The abusive crime. To speak out is To try again To run away with Sands of Time. The line 'If try you will' might sound better if it were 'At least you try'.
People defend themselves by building walls.
Maybe try the line 'To speak out is brave' in the last stanza, given that the 'system' police, courts etc abuse you again by not believing you or making you take the witness stand. Melissa, to be quite honest if you changed nothing your poem would be wonderful. You have captured the emotions of the situation. I really like your poem. It stood out when I was flipping through a binder of writing pieces.