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3d
You can see her right here,
But her eyes will not blink.
She’s zoned out in a moment,
Unable to think

She promised to love, honour, obey
She stupidly thought that she then had a say
“You and me against the world” he said
Isolated, hidden, controlled instead.

His eyes bloodshot, pupils wide
She shouted, enabled, stayed silent and cried.
Nothing could bring him back once he had switched,
She’s crazy, a ****** a mad mental *****.

She hears the door slam.
He’s so gone.
Who knows for how long?
She’s left cutting and burning,
What did she do wrong?

She’s waiting and wondering if today he’ll come home,
Or will today be the day she’s left truly alone.
He falls into the house, looks at her with disgust
It’s her fault, she made him, so with one desperate ******
He pushes, she falls. Back down the stairs
It didn’t happen, she’s lying, he’s certain, he swears.

His arm reaches over her, heavy as lead,
She prays he’s passed out so she’ll sneak out the bed.
Sometimes she’s lucky, sometimes she’s forced back,
Breathing stale whiskey until he goes slack.

Please pick up the pieces this one last time.
Let’s start again, the fault isn’t mine,
Don’t let anyone in, don’t let anyone know,
Things will be different, just keep up the show.

She breathes deep, a shudder, she blinks and she’s back.
The nightmares not real now, not under attack.
But she can’t stop returning again and again,
So scared of feeling so turning to pain,
She’s legally free now to make a new start
But her mind is imprisoned til death us do part.
Written by
BFG75  49/F/UK
(49/F/UK)   
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   Geof Spavins
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