~ The Tears I Weep ~

Abuse Lasts forever

~ The Tears I Weep ~
Category: Writing and Poetry

 
Words of splintered glass
vindictive cuts to the soul
Ownership suffocates
steals the air of freedom
Love morphs into hatefulness
induced pain for a satisfaction
Caresses became slaps to submit
life a cage of your making...my box
Teach me unworthiness de-value a soul
used up excuse for a companion I be
Tell me no-one wants me with your spit
shove my face into the mirror...SEE!!!
Laugh at tears of resignation
help me up to knock me down
You kicked me you punched me
left scars for everyone to see
But for the grace of god you are gone now
I stand naked pondering my mirror
I can count the scars and remember the year
Feeling the tears that were shed in pain
acknowledging my lonely freedom
I hold myself for warmth in the moment
feel the heat of a body be it my own
Long was the road to get here
still fresh memories of inflicted pain
Wet are the tears I weep
you have made it so hard to love again
~g~
Abuse harms more than just the moment. It destroys what we are. Such things never heal , scars are a reminder and a continual seed of fear. May we all find our inner peace and may we be whole again. True love is the cure
 

Reviews

[Katherine Wyatt]

Beautifully written G~ I know the pain of abuse well..You are right about the long term affects..We must spend a lifetime healing ourselves.. but we can

[Deborah Leah Krempa]

It's so true what you have written here... Scars run deep, some so deep that you can't even scratch it. Always there to remind you of the pain endured whether it be mental, physical or emotional scarring. I know for I have traveled that road and am a survivor. True love is hard to find but well worth waiting for. Thank you for sharing. Debileah