I was always told, You never know someone,
Until you share a roof, a life laid bare.
He was the sun, a charming, loving glow,
A man I worshipped, beyond compare.
But shadows lengthen, darkness takes its hold,
The man I knew is now a ghost in my mind.
I walk on eggshells, stories left untold,
A prisoner in a world I can’t unwind.
He’s built a cage of fear and harsh command,
Controlling, his words like daggers fly.
His anger flares, a brutal, heavy hand,
I cower, beneath a judging eye.
He steals my sleep, denies my weary soul,
My spirit was crushed by insults, sharp and deep.
He shatters dreams, beyond my own control,
My world collapses, secrets I must keep.
Lies are his language, blame is his constant shield,
Responsibility is a burden he won’t own.
This endless torment, must it be revealed?
I can’t endure, I’m utterly alone.
The darkness beckons, a solace I crave.
A final escape from this living hell.
I teeter on the edge, above the grave,
My breaking point, a story I can’t tell.
Life is not always the way one envisions it.
That is so true.
Powerfully penned, Lizz. A very heavy write my friend. Appreciate you.
Damian
Thank you 😊
Being trapped and alone with an abusive man must be agony. The only way out is to GET OUT. That kind of isolation and fear needs to be reported.
Iv tried Neither of those worked because he never left bruises. People seem to think that it’s easy to get out of iv tried to leave and was stupid enough to come back.
There’s no where you can go? Parents house? Brother or sister’s house? Sucks. You can’t live that way.
Nope I don’t talk to much of my brothers and I think I let my closest brother down and what he done for my it put his life on the line so now because of that I’m already getting ready to leave and now summer is coming I don’t mind being on the street for a while.