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Count your sins One, two, three, Revisit the hurt That you caused to me Steer your thoughts in my direction Look back Are you afraid Of your own reflection? Are you afraid of what you’ll see The ghosts and terrors that are haunting me? Face your fears, I’ve faced mine A hundred million thousand times You held me down, you were a person of trust You should not be forgiven But punished, you must Look back on your actions May they fill you with dread Yes it’s true We all wish you were dead Hang your noose high   Off the highest tree String yourself up Do this for me For this is your penance For the crime you have done You say you are a victim But I’m the true one For what I have lost I will never get back Something everyone had But something I lack I look at myself What was I then? Was I merely a tool To be used by men? I will smash that mirror No! I am my own! I am no longer a tool For I have grown! Bigger and stronger I have fought for my life I’m now an adult I’m someone’s wife My destiny is my own I’ll create my own way I’ll tell you what I think When we meet some day You’ll get an ear full Full of fire and wit You will deny deny deny But we both know you did it Now hang you head In utter disgrace You are an embarrassment to us You must leave this place We don’t want you here You wasted your chance To have a normal family When you shoved your hand in my pants I did not fight I did not scream But I was a child Now it seems like a dream Children cannot consent This you knew Stop pretending That you’re a victim too! You knew what you did We all trusted you Sorry I’m not lying I only said what was true When you held me down Defiled my name Laughing and smiling Now my whole life is stained The games are over now Now the battle will start Look into my eyes, tell me Do you really have a heart? The heart of a father? A husband or friend? A so called victim Anyone would defend? You say it is lies I make it a big deal Shut the **** up Beg for forgiveness and kneel Kneel on the ground Cry at my feet Beg for forgiveness I’ll make it short and sweet As I tell you I know Of all you have done You truly really are The evil one Collect your lies Your thoughts and deceit Get the **** out of here! You coward, retreat! You are not welcome back Though you think you may be In reality few want to see you They know what you did to me Why don’t you face me? Face to face and hand to hand Are you worried That I’ll prove to be more then a man? I’ve lived more hardship Then you could ever explain It hardened and aged me No, it brings me no shame For now I am older In my thoughts, in my heart There are hot embers within me Get back, a fire may start! You won’t face me at all You know I will burn you Burn your wicked flesh and bones Down to the last sinew You won’t make it if you fight me This you know to be true You will think you are fighting me But in the end It is YOU
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Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 3:16 PM UTC
The Ballad of the Abused
Count your sins One, two, three, Revisit the hurt That you caused to me Steer your thoughts in my direction Look back Are you afraid Of your own reflection? Are you afraid of what you’ll see The ghosts and terrors that are haunting me? Face your fears, I’ve faced mine A hundred million thousand times You held me down, you were a person of trust You should not be forgiven But punished, you must Look back on your actions May they fill you with dread Yes it’s true We all wish you were dead Hang your noose high   Off the highest tree String yourself up Do this for me For this is your penance For the crime you have done You say you are a victim But I’m the true one For what I have lost I will never get back Something everyone had But something I lack I look at myself What was I then? Was I merely a tool To be used by men? I will smash that mirror No! I am my own! I am no longer a tool For I have grown! Bigger and stronger I have fought for my life I’m now an adult I’m someone’s wife My destiny is my own I’ll create my own way I’ll tell you what I think When we meet some day You’ll get an ear full Full of fire and wit You will deny deny deny But we both know you did it Now hang you head In utter disgrace You are an embarrassment to us You must leave this place We don’t want you here You wasted your chance To have a normal family When you shoved your hand in my pants I did not fight I did not scream But I was a child Now it seems like a dream Children cannot consent This you knew Stop pretending That you’re a victim too! You knew what you did We all trusted you Sorry I’m not lying I only said what was true When you held me down Defiled my name Laughing and smiling Now my whole life is stained The games are over now Now the battle will start Look into my eyes, tell me Do you really have a heart? The heart of a father? A husband or friend? A so called victim Anyone would defend? You say it is lies I make it a big deal Shut the **** up Beg for forgiveness and kneel Kneel on the ground Cry at my feet Beg for forgiveness I’ll make it short and sweet As I tell you I know Of all you have done You truly really are The evil one Collect your lies Your thoughts and deceit Get the **** out of here! You coward, retreat! You are not welcome back Though you think you may be In reality few want to see you They know what you did to me Why don’t you face me? Face to face and hand to hand Are you worried That I’ll prove to be more then a man? I’ve lived more hardship Then you could ever explain It hardened and aged me No, it brings me no shame For now I am older In my thoughts, in my heart There are hot embers within me Get back, a fire may start! You won’t face me at all You know I will burn you Burn your wicked flesh and bones Down to the last sinew You won’t make it if you fight me This you know to be true You will think you are fighting me But in the end It is YOU
Wylder
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Mar 21, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 at 3:16 PM UTC
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