…ABUSE…

NO MATTER WHAT TYPE… ABUSE IS ABUSE,

WHEN YOU’RE CAUGHT UP IN LOVE THERE’S NOT MUCH YOU COULD DO,

IT DON’T MATTER WHAT KIND BECAUSE IT’S ALL THE SAME,

HURTFUL WORDS ARE JUST AS BAD AS A PUNCH TO THE FACE,

MESSING WITH A PERSON’S SELF ESTEEM CAN CAUSE SELF DISTRUCTION,

A MENTAL BREAK DOWN, AN EMOTIONAL ERRUPTION,

YOU START TO QUESTION YOUR VERY OWN WORTH,

YOU EVEN START TO THINK MAYBE IT’S WHAT YOU DESERVE,

BUT IT’S NOT TRUE YOU’RE WORTH MORE THAN WHATS BEEN SAID,

YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL AND LET THAT GO STRAIGHT TO YOUR HEAD,

THEY’RE THE SUSPECT WHILE PLAYING THE VICTIM,

THEY’LL TRY TO BREAK YOU DOWN WHILE YOU SIT AND YOU LISTEN,

IT’S REALLY HARD WHEN YOU LOVE THEM SO MUCH,

THEY EASE THE PAIN AWAY WITH A SIMPLE LOVING TOUCH,

YOU TRY TO FORGIVE BUT IT’S HARD TO FORGET,

EVERYTHING THEY SAID, CONTINUES TO RUNS THROUGH YOUR HEAD,

HOW COULD YOU LOVE A MONSTER WHO DISTROYS YOU INSIDE,

YOU KEEP GIVING THEM CHANCES AND LET GO OF YOUR PRIDE,

WHO DO YOU TURN TO WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST,

THEY KEEP YOU FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS SO THEY KNOW,

YOU FEEL YOU HAVE NO ONE AND THEY’RE ALL YOU HAVE,

AND YOU HIDE THE PAIN WITH A SMILE AND A FEW LAUGHS,

IS IT REALLY WORTH IT? SHOULD YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT?

I HATE WHEN THEY SAY THEIR MEAN BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT WE LIKE,

IT’S A FEELING I CAN’T EVER SEEM TO EXPLAIN,

CRAZY THAT I’M HAPPIEST WHEN I’M WITH THE ONE WHO BRINGS SO MUCH PAIN.

-CHAMPAIGNE MERCEDES