Locked up tight in a lover's cage
Easy target for all his rage
Lies being continually fed
I love you was said
Caught in his web
Sweetly tainted words he continued to weave
How was I ever that damned naive
Blindly continuing to believe
Moved far from home and friends, freedom firmly suppressed
Long sleepless nights and days of no rest
As his crazy obsessions slowly manifest
Walking on eggshells till the next rampage
Locked up tight in an iron cage
Easy prey for all his rage
Never really knowing why or when the next attack
One word taken wrong, my jaw he would jack
Kept constantly pregnant, so I couldn't fight back
I realize from the outside looking in it's hard to construe
People say leave, but they haven't the slightest clue
But here on the inside, he means every death threat that's spewed
They just don't know that type of griping fear
Of keeping your children safe and near
While trying to hide all the violence from their eyes and ears
What if I left, tried to break free
Would he kill me, like he promised with glee
Would the kids survive, there's no guarantee
I know if he raised them, they would surely be twisted
As adults would they follow in his steps, also be addicted
I fear their view of love would grow so sadistic
I was determined to get my kids out of his hellish cage alive
One day my opportunity did faithfully arrive
Leaving him to rot in his own putrid cell, while watching us thrive
NEVER AGAIN
Will I be locked up in a lover's cage
NEVER AGAIN
Will I be an easy target for rage
©Pauline Morris