Yelling and screaming, voices growing loader with each hateful thing said.
Oh god why can’t she stop, she knows with each word she speaks she’s pushing him closer to that point.
She’s filled with anger, how dare he talk to her and treat her this way and not expect her to pay him back in kind.
He’s getting angrier by the second.
She can see it in his face.
She can hear the rage in his voice.
Screw this, she doesn’t have to stand here and put up with this bullshit.
She turns to walk away; there is no fucking point in arguing anyways it won’t change anything.
It all happens so fast and just like that he’s all over her kicking and screaming.
“Stupid crazy ass bitch, why can’t you just shut the fuck up?”
He grabs her by the throat, hes squeezing harder and harder until his knuckles turn white shaking her all the while.
She’s moving her lips silently begging him to stop.desperatly clawing at his hands kicking, using everything she has to twist free of his grip.
She’s reaching for his hair to pull him off anything to get him to stop.
He’s too damn strong she can’t make him stop.
His body’s tence, rage and hatred are written all over his face.
He looks her straight in the eyes all the while his hands are still at her throat sqezzing the life out of her.
She’s getting dizzy spots are swimming before her eyes.
Oh God he’s going to kill her this time, this is finally it.
This is surely the end.
Tears fall from her eyes as silently she begs god for mercy, please god help help her.
She doesn’t want to die not now not like this.
He releases her.
She falls back gasping for air.
He reaches for her, she backs away trembling with fear and relief.
He stands there with a look of complete surprise on his face, as if he can’t believe what just happened.
“Why the fuck do you have to do this.” “You know you’re pushing my buttons, but still you keep on.” “FUCK!”
Still shaking with rage he walks out of the room leaving her lying there on the floor crying and struggling to breath.
Why couldn’t she just shut up, why does she keep pushing at him.
She balls herself up as tight as she can .Sobbing she tries to understand what it is that makes her so damned unlovable?
Why does he do this?
What is it about her that makes her such an easy target?
What makes her so hard to love?
Her father hit her often growing up and now she taking the same thing from the father of her children.
Se knows she can’t stay like this any more.
She can’t be with him anymore.
It will never end at least not while she still alive.
In a matter of moments they had gone from a normal yelling match to her fighting for her life.
It would be better to be alone and unloved then to stay with him knowing she’s unloved.
Tomorrow when he gets home from work it will be to find that the locks have all changed and he’s no longer welcome there any more.
She’s stronger then he thinks she can close the door on his part in her life and never look back.
In just a matter of moments her whole life has changed.
Tonight she walks away from the scared abused women she was and finds the strong confident women she was always meant to be.
Author notes
Abuse
brayleigh
A contest entry
- Abuse by InMyFlames.
1500 points, ended February 12, 2008, 25 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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This is not really a poem, but it still put a picture in my mind, and a could really feel her emotions and for this reason, your work has been added to the finalists list.

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this is like a story, written in poem form, its a great piece and very unique, i would fix you title its a bit long and relate it more to the poem, thanks for this entry,
keep safe,
Emily


