He's so perfect and sweet,
But little did I know he was going to treat me like a piece of meat.
Engaged
Enraged.
It happened again tonight,
A fight.
He hit me, but it was my fault,
On our meal I had put too much salt.
He checks me by the hour,
At times he doesn't even let me shower.
Sometimes he just takes off my pants and does things against my wishes,
But I deserve it because I didn't wash the dishes.
I didn't clean the house,
So he just rips off my blouse.
He slaps me all the time,
But that is not a crime.
He tells me I'm a stupid bitch,
And that I'm an ugly witch.
All the things he does to me are so degrading in life,
But I should have been a better wife.
He stuck my head in the toilet once and I almost drowned,
And right after he told me I had gained another pound.
It was true and for a doctor's visit I did pay,
Because we had a baby on the way.
Now that he knows, he will change,
Even though he told me he wouldn't love the baby if it was strange.
I just know he will change for us,
I think to myself as there comes another painful thrust.
Three months pregnant and he hit me once more,
When I asked him why, he said I was a bore.
As I sit here in the corner of the room, my nightgown covered in blood,
I whisper to myself 'He's going to change', tears fall like a flood.
'I'm losing the baby!' I yell,
And he just laughs at me and says 'You smell'.
'Please call the police!', I say and he just screams 'You deserved it. What's done is done.',
'You can just have another one.'
Author notes
I wrote this because I hate abusive men. Any women out there who are getting abused and you think he's going to change, LEAVE THE MOTHERFUCKER. My boyfriend has NEVER lain a hand on me in our 3 years of being together, so why should it be any different for you? He doesn't love you! How could you call that love? Be safe.
Tell me what you think.
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Wow, very real and powreful, made me shiver with fear as i read your words. xxx
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really powerful poem - you sent a message to the world that women are also human, and they shouldn't be treated as such. even though, you never experienced this type of abusive relationship but i get the sense that you know what it is like to be a woman and can relate to many women who went through like this. well done, my friend.
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Thank you so much! I want every woman out there to know they are worth a lot, and they should not stay with a man like that who claims he "loves" them. They shouldn't blame themselves (like theyh always do), but blame those men.
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A very graphic and realistic account of how some women live their lives blaming themselves for the violence imposed on them by an uncaring partner. Kudos to you for writing this as a wake up call to those women who need to see it from a fresh perspective that it truly is abuse that does not have to be tolerated.
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Thanks, I guess I got my message through =)
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I would love to comment and leave my perceptions but you pretty much summed up everything in the author notes. Abusive men are pathetic but the women who continue to tolerate this shit are even more pathetic. This was a fantastic poem, very straiget forward and upsetting. It has great imagery. One can really see the poem unfold.
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Thank you very much. Yes, I guess women who tolerate abusive men are pathetic but think of it this way. They are afraid to leave because they're told that they are ugly and they don't deserve kindness and they think of themselves as worthless people because they get told it so much.
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wow... i really like this one... it sounds as if you have had some experience with men like that in the past. its a very strong poem that grabbed me from the start. bravo -
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Thank you very much. Actually no, I haven't had experience but I have read about it and heard about it and I put myself in those women's shoes. I imagine how it would feel to be like them and then I write about it. Thanks again!
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