Will you please come and sit a spell?
I have a story to tell;
my husband had much madness
with eyes like a dragon
He would let the fire show
and from him the smoke would flow.
A gun he would put to my head
Soon to play Russian roulette.
I would struggle against screaming
because, silent I must be.
My children sleeping
all tucked in their beds.
I felt as though life was hopeless
and then I’d see their beautiful faces.
I'd gather each one like a rose petal
To take my mind off the anguish I felt.
Peace would come and drop slowly
like flowers in a meadow.
I knew there was nothing,
that he could do
to change their love for me.
If I had to face death
my soul would have been freed.
yet, through all the love
my children,had given to me
I new I must some how succeed.
I must arise and go now.
You can break the vital chain
Just hold on to something
you love and everything can change.
Author notes
Joy4seen
This is written based on a part of my past life with my first very abusive husband and is true. I hope that anyone that reads this can take a bit of faith with them and realize sometimes we give to much and receive so little, but in the end it will and can work out you just have to be strong.
A contest entry
- Closing The Door To Your Past by Viyanna Rosemarie.
1233 points, ended September 21, 2008, 17 entries
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this is really good. I like it. Nice job.
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Wow, this is amazing. You prove that there are things to live for, even in a bad time suh as this one. Inspiring.
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This is a really tough poem to read because it is so personal--It obviously took a great deal of strength to "face death"...
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If I had to face death
My soul would have been freed
i remember the day that i walked to the courthouse and got the divorce papers i was willing to file. i was scared to death because he had often said that if i divorced him without his permission he would kill me. i realized that dying was better than remaining the wife of a lying, cheating, wife abusing, &^%$# and made that walk. death would have been so very welcomed that day.
thank you for sharing this with me today and i am looking forward to reading more from you in the near future. thank you for entering this contest aqnd i wish you the best of luck in the judging. also,kl thank you so very much for following the rules. viyanna rosemarie
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This is beautiful.
You have a wonderful way of expressing your pain and fear through words.
"I knew there was nothing, that he could do
To change their love for me."
Those are my favorite lines. They really stick with me, even now that I am done reading it.
In a word,
Wonderful.
Good luck in your contest.
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Oh my
This is so scary I dont know if I could stay with this happening with children in the house but your love was forever for them
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Mom
I am so sorry that you had to go through such things in your life, but I got so much strength from you all the bad only made us stronger and hey he's dead now so we are free weeeeeeee and early death was a prayer answered for us to live with out fear
I love you and I know this may sound silly to some people , but I am happy to see you write about these things as you have held it all in for so many years, this touched my heart and I just wanted to cry but in the same breath I am so happy that you are writing about them and I pray it helps someone else understand that no matter how bad or scared you are there is away out. I love you!
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Thank you for reading
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excellent
Very terrific expression. So very well done Best of luck in the contest.
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