Abuse

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I have never been abused, and can not imagine it, but here is something for those who have had the ultimate punishment put upon them for a crime they did not commit.

Abuse

Pain, that is all I know.
I curl up in defense,
A tight ball of misery.
I listen to my jailer's laugh,
Ringing in my ears,
Mocking me, taunting me.
He wants to see me cry,
Me, a thin wisp of a girl.
Bubbly no more, vibrance gone.
I knew he was not all he said.
No one is as honest
As they like to think.
But I lived in denial,
I needed to believe that,
For a while,
The world was not all dark shadows,
And disaster.
I stare up into his eyes
Mine wet with unshed tears.
Unshed for knowledge of the good
It would not do.
Unshed for the knowledge of the satisfaction
It would bring him.
He leaves the room,
Leaving so I can heal,
Just so he can knock me down again.

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Worthless commented on Abuse

03-08-2011

well since your a youngin I can say that is very imaginative for someone who's never been thru what we abused have gone thru...

MarionYost commented on Abuse

11-21-2010

Intense. You captured the imagery with this one perfectly. Good job. All the best -Marion-

WordSlinger commented on Abuse

11-20-2010

well said, and I like the unshed used in this, very well written, ty WS

ShadowStealer

11/20/2010

Thanks! The parts about unshed tears are also my favorites, and when I reread them I want to make a poem about just that. It would be a rather short poem though... ShadowStealer

Poetry is what is lost in translation.

Robert Frost (1875-1963) American Poet.

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