Deep At Night (A Dark Insight)

A poem displaying domestic abuse

Deep At Night (A Dark Insight)

A few drinks, too many
A stumbling mess
The voice annoys him
He tears the dress.
This woman he loves
Simply a pest
Fist to the mouth
Her love this will test.

Awakening from sleep
This child is scared,
Screams still torture
Memories impaired.
Braving the stairs
The father in view
Afraid of the dark
More afraid of you.

She looks deep into his eyes
The monster is here
The lover departed
Along comes the fear
“Perhaps we should sleep?”
Connects his right fist
Perhaps she insulted
Is there something she missed?
He tore at her dress
She can’t help but cry
This rock to stand for her
The marriage, the love, A LIE

He looks as she drops
Her head in the hands
Begging to stop
As another fist lands,
Pulling away he glares in detest
Raises his leg
A boot to the chest.

The child watches on
Frozen by fear
Mother still loves him
This much is clear,
Willing to make a stand
Slowly rising to his feet
Then the father gazes
And accepts defeat.

She fell to the floor
One more attempt to beg
Winded and heartbroken
By the connecting leg,
She looks up at her child
The reason she stays
Alone at night she closes her eyes
Every night she prays.

“save me and my child
keep us by your side
One day he will push too much
But my love I cannot hide.
He will be the death of me
I know this all to well
But I promised till death do us part
I’m imprisoned by this man
This home is my cell”

He stares up at his child
His blood, the heir to his name
But hatred is all he reads from his face
And only he is to blame,
This series of events
The beating he inflicted
The hateful look in his sons eyes
Leave him mentally afflicted.

Another night in darkened memories
And still these nights exist
One day just push her far enough
And your razor
Will meet her wrist.

Author's Note

Been A bit Light recently tackling different subjects but I thought I would write a dark poem as it has been a while

(other than the ragdoll series of course lol)

Please give honest reviews as always and thank you for continuing to read my work

Reviews

[Shardbearer99]

Very dark and sinister. It captured me from start to finish. Truly a wonder to read

[Dilan Gray]

This poem gave me goosebumps. The images were so intense as well as the emotions behind them. This was a powerful poem and I really liked it. I loved the lines "I'm imprisoned by this man/This home is my cell". That was such a great image! Loved it!

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

Powerful.

[Ruth]

You push the boundaries through topics that need addressing love and I so applaud you for that, what use are words if we never venture through the dark side of life as well as the light! xx

[FaithfullyJennyBear]

wow this poem is absolutely amazing :)

[Sherbs Dreaming Tree Of..]

Oh wow man this is fantastic!

[trainwreck]

This was a great piece! It was dark, without resorting to cussing or rude language to get the point across! Great work.

[Hello, Goodbye]

poignant.. the subject matter and narrative are hard hitting and you do a stellar job at describing the tale.. the general despondent feeling is well displayed and the proceedings are candid in an unnerving but important way.. great job at tackling this theme..

[Valentine]

This hits me right in the heart as I was that victim and nearly lost my life..I ran 1000 miles to escape death..as he also threatened to kill my parents..If anyone is in this kind os a partnership...get out now as they do not change no matter how many times they say they are sorry..Valentine

[Kat24]

hi,
this is really good and intense at the same time. Kat24