Toast to all the Years

An emotional poem of domestic abuse.

Raise your glass. Cheers! Let’s toast to all these years. / My beautiful wife let me wipe away your tears. / I’m sorry! Stop crying! Can’t you see that I am trying? / It will never happen again. That girl was just a friend. / This time is different. Be patient with me. I’ll prove my love. Just wait and see. / Now look what you made me do. You kept pressing your luck. How much can one man take? I’m only human, what the f***/ I am tired of your nagging. You keep telling me you’re hurt. I don’t want to hear it. I just got home from work. / A man’s is going to be a man. It’s just the way it is. A woman should be a lady and look after the kids. / I pay the cost to be the boss. So please just let me rest. You always make me hit you. You cause me too much stress. / My beautiful wife let me wipe away your tears. Raise your glass. Cheers! Let’s toast to all these years.

Author's Note

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