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"What's for tea?" Is the sound I hear as they walk in the door
Always expecting it ready as they make a mess galore.
"Mum, where's my leggings  Are they washed? I need them for tonight"
"They're on the stairs in the pile of clothes where I put them last night."
"Well what have you done today? As it was your day off."
"I've cooked and cleaned and made the beds, What's a day off I scoff?"
I often think if I wasn't here that nothing would be done
No washing and no cleaning no one to fetch and run.
Maybe I will go on strike for a week or two
Who'm I kidding that's not me that's something I can't do.
I seriously will have a word with them maybe tonight
They need know things have to change to make everything right
So wish me luck keep fingers crossed let's hope that they will change
Cos if they don't this lady will a maid need to arrange.
Joanne Murdoch Jun 2017
Black cloud

You ask me why I'm feeling sad
That life's not really all that bad
I lie to u with a forced smile
"I'll b ok it'll take a while"

You tell me to snap out of it
That life's not really all that ****
I lie to u without a frown
And say I'm fine when I'm really down

You say just look how good things are
You've got a family,friends and a car
I lie to you and simply say
Yeah you're​ right I'm just having a bad day

You say to me it's all in your head
Get a grip and get out of bed
I lie to you and say "you're right"
When secretly I'm losing this fight

You tell me i don't need my pills
That all i need to do is chill
I lie to you and say I'll try
When all i want to do is die

Next time that you want to speak
Please help me to get through that week
By telling me you will be there
And simply showing that you care

I don't choose to feel this way
I hope it goes away some day
I really want to be happy too
And hope I can with the help of you
My depression and suicidal thoughts
Just now it feels so raw and they say that time will heal
It's like everyone has an opinion on how you should really feel.
Only you can decide on how it feels inside
On how you choose to grieve when someone has died.
The memories will always be there when comfort's what you need
The photographs will keep them close when the grief starts to recede.
So take your time and grieve your way don't stop talking about them
Until that day you reunite and are in their arms again.
Joanne Murdoch Oct 2017
You think you can still get to me after all these years.
The years of torture that were beyond some of my worst fears.

Well I am out the other end and striving day by day.
Our daughters want nothing to do with you and that is how you'll pay.

You used me like a blow up doll, hurt me in and out.
It's taken years for me to speak up and let it all come out.

The haunting that's going through my mind while I am learning to say.
What horrible stuff you did to me every time you weren't away.

I used to blame myself for this I wasn't good enough.
And then I'd blame the way you were when you were on that stuff.

I now know that it wasn't me that made you do those things.
But I can't pretend I am ok with the memories it brings.

You'd push me to the floor and you'd get on top of me.
I'd cry so bad that when it stopped I could hardly see.

To start with it was just plain *** but then it got much worse.
You sodomised me so hard that my *** would feel it'd burst.

The worst thing that you done to me is hard for me to write.
You pushed a tin of polish in me I was too tired to fight.

You often used other things as you couldn't get hard .
I'm surprised with the pain I was in I'm not in the graveyard.

There was a time you'd wake me up by inserting your ****.
Into my mouth to make me gag so much that I was sick.

The worst thing was that all you said was it was married ***.
I promise u I am so glad that u r now my ex!
Joanne Murdoch Oct 2017
I thought I knew who you were when we were together
I thought that when we weren't apart it was sunny weather
U used to treat me like a princess flowers dinners and trips
I gave you lots of chances but my hopes and dreams were ripped
The minute u chased the dragon was the minute you left us all
As from that moment onwards u kicked us to the wall
You used me and abused me dropped me like a stone
From then on in it was just the girls and I alone
I can't decide what was worse, the fact u loved drugs more
Or when you kicked me down the stairs and pinned me to the floor
When you forced yourself upon me and said it was your "right"
I just had to lie there in pain, crying I couldn't fight
You took away my self respect, my confidence was shattered
You didn't even stop using even for the ones that mattered
I gave you more chances, encouraged you to
quit
And still you chose the drugs and treated me like ****

I can't begin to tell the girls what you did to me
I only know that ill protect them like I've done since they were wee
You will never hurt them or me again I promise this is true
The sad thing about this all is I pity you
The things you've missed the girls doing,
the women they've become
I am so proud of who they are
They're fighters like their mum
Joanne Murdoch Oct 2017
I'm sorry if I'm sometimes down
I really cannot help it
I just want it to go away
This feeling of being ****

If I could wave a magic wand
I'd make it go quite quickly
I would not be feeling very tired
And often very sickly

I often think u all would be
Better off without me
Friends and family not having to worry
If I'm sad or happy

I am trying very hard
To stay right here with you
But that is harder thank you think
When you feel so blue

I know I'm not the easiest person
To be around just now
As often you must really think
That I'm a moody cow

Please don't think that you're to blame
For any of this stuff
I know that I look happy most days
But it is just a bluff

I love you all so dearly
And I really will beat this
But it will take it's time
To come back from this abyss

I don't want to feel this *******
For very much longer
But day by day with all your help
I know I will get stronger

So please be patient with me
On my bumpy emotional ride
I can only get through all of this
With u by my side
Joanne Murdoch Feb 2018
I wake up in a pool of sweat,
The memories are back
I wish these were just nightmares
And not the times so dark.

I'm recollecting the bad times now
The pain of what u did
The agony of those home visits
The searing fear and dread

Why did I not speak out
And tell someone close to me
I could have got the help I needed
And I could have been set free

The beatings that you gave me
The times it "wasn't meant"
God knows that you apologised
And thats why the flowers were sent.

I didn't want your hearts and flowers
I didn't want your beatings
I wanted you to get some help
To go to N.A meetings

I used to dread you coming home
To encounter your impending mood
I knew I was going to get something
And I knew that it wouldn't be good

You ***** me so hard one night I recall
When you were on a drug fuelled rage
It resulted in me losing my baby
You caused that miscarriage

You tied me down one night and laughed
At what was coming my way
You invited your pals and brother in
To join your sick party

I was badly scarred by you and your pals
I'm only just now getting through it
You hurt me outside but also inside
But believe me you will never know it.
Joanne Murdoch Oct 2018
My suicide note

To feel so down as want to die
Is unfortunately not new
All I want to do is cry
And most of this is down to you.

I sometimes feel all on my own
Even though I am surrounded
When all I feel I do is moan
And my thoughts are always hounded

My loved ones dont deserve it all
This anguish to their door
I feel like a crying baby doll
I don't want to feel no more

I don't want to feel happy or sad
I don't want to exist
I don't to feel as though I'm bad
I know I won't be missed

They will all learn to live without me
No more fights or squabbles
This is how it's meant to be
Not me having one of my wobbles

How will I end it? this I know
I've worked it out in my head
I know what I'll do I know where I'll go
I know I am better off dead!
Joanne Murdoch Nov 2020
When I feel alone or sad I sometimes talk to you
I tell you all the worries I have, some are old, some new.
In other times like Happy Times, I wish that you were near
To share all these times with us, then remember you're not here.
I hope that you are proud of me, of all that I have done
I know that you are looking down on my daughters and my son.
I really miss you more each day in all I say or do
I'd love to have more memories, more of just me and you.
Until that day is here gran, I'll really try my best
To keep your memory going with my kids and the rest.
So keep papa in tow up there, I'm sure you're having a ball
Just remember to keep a space for when I get the call.

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