Subtle Tyranny

About how people confuse someone being protective with being domineering and cruel, most times when it's too late

I'm surrounded by a frosty embrace

And I'm looking out towards my friends

He strikes a glare in the same direction

He's taking me away from this place

For my own good in the end 

Taking me to finer heights

Money and jewellery sent my way

But there's a subtle cruelty

And I know I've been betrayed 

But it's all for my good

He's only cause he loves me

And now he takes a look at my messages

Demanding I decode every response

Checking through everyone I've known

He breaths in, a belligerent energy

All of my friends are now the enemy

Taking me to finer heights

Money and jewellery sent my way

But there's a subtle cruelty

And I know I've been betrayed 

But it's all for my good

The world is too scary on my own

He's high on heroin, or possibly cocaine

He's choking off the route to escape

He's watching me, moulding me into an empty shell

And I know I've been tricked, but too late

But it's all for my good

The bruises are all my own fault 

Reviews

[Clara]

I feel that this is perhaps a parent/guardian-like relationship.
There is abuse and it's sad when done in the name of love.

Interesting write, Jay.

[Simon Welsh]

Brutality is the language of ignorance. I like.

[Pryde Foltz]

It is a crying shame. Some of us are so in search of love that we would take anything thrown our way to believe we are loved. You tell a compelling story here.

BTW: I think there may be a typo in the third stanza.

But it's all for my good
He's only cause he loves me

It's only cause he loves me.

[JayJayBlue]

Ahh, My editing skills leave a lot to be desired haha

And you're right, sometimes people will accept almost any atrocity in the name of romance

[Pryde Foltz]

We all flub.