I Would Never Hurt You

“Come on! You know I would never hurt you,”

That sentence holds so much pain untold

The invisible scars he has left littered all over my mind cannot be erased

The words said cannot be taken back

The cruel things he spoke feel like black sludge running through my body

They never letting me rest, always flowing

No one seems to know why my first thought is to dodge a incoming gator skin ball

Why I start to tear up when someone simply raises their voice

That I only know self-defense cause I knew he would hurt me if I couldn't fight back

It’s trauma

It tears me apart, day by day

Heartstrings slowly serving as I comfort others while I slowly fall apart

That monster who hides in a mans shell can never love me

He only wants me by his side so I can boost him

As he slowly deteriorates me

With cruel smile laced on his lips

I would never hurt you he says as he lets me drown in my pain he has given me

 

This poem is about: 
Me
My family

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