Guilty

Since leaving the hospital I tell no one who attacked me. I saw the horror and even tears in the eyes of those thinking of their own mothers being beaten thus by thier own, and wish it no more, but then, when I simply say that I was assaulted, I too often hear, as the woman at the gas station said, "Oh No! Tell me the person who did this is behind bars where they can't hurt anyone else!" I say a simple, sad, No, guilty that this is true, and keep my reasons, right or wrong, to myself.