I got your message, Though it was never sent. I heard it loud and clear. Your silence cut through me, Sleep Evaded me and I could not tell you. Tell you the roses that drape across the bed still have thorns. that possessive wears the mask of a protector. Teaching yourself to hold onto your protest so that he will still want you. Confusing Love and Abuse, volunteering for the draft of his war. Begging to become a causality of the love he claims to feel. I've seen this, I've written these words once before.