Dating Violence
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You don't scare me, mister.
The way you threw me to the floor.
Ran me through your fingers,
Like sand and broken pieces of myself.
A viper can choose, consciously,
how much venom to release
with each encounter, as if
he knows which birthdays to forget
and which biting remark
To the one who took my life from me:
The way my nightmares used to speak
I thought it would be in screams and in shouts.
Dear Abusive Boyfriend,
Dear Binder,
Three-in-Five
Three-in-Five
Three. In. Five.
I was part of three-in-five.
I was with him for
One year and three months.
One year and three months.
It's crazy what i did for love
You put me in a box that kept getting smaller.
and smaller.
and smaller.
Instead of breaking out, I curled up and made myself smaller.
and smaller.
and smaller.
You saved me, you know? From the fighting and the arguing. The late night liquor runs and the drugged up loving. I grew up in that house; the one filled with screams, a shaking roof, and broken glass.
Two trees stood side-by-side in serenity
They were young oaks with full lives ahead of them
They were surrounded by other young trees of many kinds
They had no idea of the fate that would befall them
I love you with everything I have, you make me smile.
You t ake
everything I a m.
You make me feel so in love, so beautiful.
She always gave you second chances;Always said she’d let it go,Let it slide this time,But I guess that’s whatYou do when you’re in control.But you really ought toLet your pupil know
She looks up from the porcelain sink to see the reflection of a girl. Her face is drained of color and her lips tremble.
He used to tell me that I wasn't good enough. He used to hurt me, but on the outside I just played along. I never looked in the mirror and liked what I saw. I put scars on my skin, like he etched on my heart.
When I make him angry
He grabs onto my wrists
And rips me apart
With his white-knuckled fists
But I’ll cover it up
So the bruises won’t show
And Brandon can stay happy
Because he’ll never know
Heaven's Fall
You're driving home,
darkness close behind,
this sleazy solace
so painfully unkind.
