I remember it well when first we met
Hearts as a magnet, together intact.
you were proud to
show me off to your friends
How I was the catch, you hooked.
Forever the gentleman that was you
Succumbed me to saying - I do!
Then awarding you five children
After losing a few…
But somehow, there, in the midst of
Beautiful
I lost you too.
You ran your fingers through my hair
But took the grip and pulled it bare.
I felt your skin upon my face
With knuckles deep in a headlock embrace.
I never screamed nor cried out,
I subcumbed And went straight back
to composure of being Mum.
You’d come home in early morn, from the night before
It was a knife to my heart when you put the key in the door.
You spat your beer spittle orders my dear
And to them I always did adhere
Uh! It wasn’t you that I feared
I only pacified you
So our children couldn’t hear.
Asshole!
Author notes
Poem 1. P/W. Ah i remember it well!
New Poem . Every time I blink.
A contest entry
- Tell Me About Your Marriage (contest) by Paloszoo.
700 points, ended March 29, 26 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Gotta love the ending to this seriously intense piece! Courageous write. Well done! Thanks for entering my contest. Good luck. It's an honor to have you show your work here.
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wow.. this was amazing
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WOW, DAMM, this was somthing, VERY powerful, intense, full of bottled up rage. This was INCREDIBLE--"It was a knife to my heart when you put the key in the door."- this caught me as the most intense line- and "I only pacified you So our children couldn’t hear." that was deeply moving and so sad that it is the truth for so many woman. It sounds like you got yourself out of a bad situation, and I commend you for that, your children will have better lives that way, good luck to you and your family!
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This is a very remarkable piece and the picture really sets it off.
Well Done !
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Interesting way to say this. It's sad when somthing like this happens. Good write and thanks for the entry.
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This poem was so raw with emotion. I loved it. It was strong and beautiful and just amazing. GREAT job. Thank you for entering and good luck.
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Wonderful strong and so very sad. I have been here to a point, but did not stay for the children. I took them and ran. He was all that and more until...then I was nothing and became less then nothing in my own mind. I left with nothing but my courage and child, for I did not w3ant him to grow up with this. You think they do not kneo, but they do and in the long run you do not help them.
Love the ending and hope you find the strength to leave. Save your family!!! While you still can.
Sad truth of life.
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it's sad
...love the ending,
Kj
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For the children,
I always hear, from every corner of the globe. But what does this teach the children, do you think they don't know? And so the acceptance is passed on from generation to generation. LEAVE THE BASTARDS!!!
Well written, story of pain.
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Ouch, think the last word just about summed it up nicely
, we do it all while they have their cake and eat it too. 
Love, C
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