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

[Murtuza]

The seriousness of domestic abuse is felt very strongly in this poem. I love the imagery and description of all that was happening. Nicely written!

[Samantha ~virginpoet]

wow this was so moving it made me cry really well written and powerful
Sounds a lot like my dad except for the drinking; He wasn't a drunk he was just an a*s

100/100

[Winters_Lost_Walk]

strong and intense. nice write =)

[HopelesslyDevoted]

very cool poem, yet so intense and full of emotional darkness

[Cherrie Palmer]

Ashley this is a very good piece full of emotion

[Deactivated_BurningDemo..]

Intense. True. Amazing. Need I say more? Probably not but I'll say more anyway. I love it, it's a dark and intense read that I expect to come from you. I look forwards to more.

[freelancejouster]

this is intense and powerful... a bit scary, frightening perhaps. the violence and the easy way in which it's described is just... i'm in awe. great work.

but... commas? punctuation? something not to make this one big blur of words?

Wow ... this is the most intense I have read from you so far .. and this is very true .. so many instances bear witness to domestic violence ..
Nicely paced with the abruptness at the end of each stanza , that makes this read well ..
Good Work !!

[Apathy To Empathy]

I loved the rythm to it, and th plot-line, and the EveryLittlePeiceThatMadeIt-IT.
Great job!!!