I remember the day you hit me
Struck me across the face
Grabbing my arm before you decided
To put me in my place.

"Dumb *****" were the words
That escaped your lip
While I stumbled to catch
Myself as I tripped

Falling to the curb
Tears running down my face
A warm spot on my cheek
Not from an embrace

Hand to cheek, hand to cheek
Was the order it went
But the cheeks were both mine
Your message was sent

The blow came so fast
I didn't expect it
No time to put up defense
Face had to accept it

If betrayal had a taste
It's of copper in the mouth
Saliva mixed with blood
Sliding down south

Words can barely describe
how I felt that day
To be put in my place
Was not okay

I remember the day you hit me
Struck me across the face
The day I decided you belonged outside my heart
That THAT was your place.