Things will get better
Don't dwell in the past
And when I got your letter
I'll try to make this last
Look in my eyes and tell me it's over
I don't think I'll make it much longer
Without you by my side
For you were my only pride
And give to me as long as your happy
I promise I won't go
Hit me as long as you'd like - I won't let the marks show
You're the only one I want
And probably the only one I'll get
I'll suck in my pride and srat on my knees
Just for you
You've been around me enough and know
This is me
Cause you know how I do
Through all of the elements; wind and fire
I've managed to live with your abusive self
And when the police came by,
I found out you were a liar
So I screamed out for help
From my hiding spot in the basement
But no one could hear me
Then you came to me, you heard my crying
Now my arm's bent
It shows your lies
I sit in sorrow and realize I deserve this
And in the end, I won't be missed
But you will
Cause you're everything to me
I can't seem to feel my arm's now
As I'm lying in my pit of red
I've never felt so low
I just wanted you to know
I'm sorry about what I said
I never meant to put you down
Cause now I'm lying here on the ground
I always said I loved you
And when I said it, it was true
Even though you brought my end
But I said I'd always forgive you
So here's my forgiveness
I hope we can meet again
I'll suck in my pride and stay on my knees
Just for you
You've been around me enough and know
This is me
Cause you always seem to know my next move
Author notes
I wrote this some time in December. This somehow reminds of the novel My Happy Life by Lydia Millet.
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What a chilling tale you have penned here...I hope this is just a write and not from experience, because it is really sad...thank you for sharing your words with us, poet...



