How Dare You!
How Dare you do this to me.
How Dare you stand there and let us be.
You not wanting this marriage and working late is how this began.
I now know this has to end.
How Dare you do this to me.
How Dare you stand there and let us be.
You not wanting this marriage and working late is how this began.
I now know this has to end.
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Overcoming the heartache you caused me,
Trying to rebuild my esteem,
Convincing myself I am truly enough,
Questioning why you were always so mean.
I was drowning in the sea.
You took one look then suffocated me.
Bubbles came in through my mouth as I screamed.
They exited my nose when I tried to breathe.
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Don't you see yourself getting tired
when he makes you cry?
STAND UP
Ten long years
Three additional months
Being told I'm "loved"
By someone who can't even remember my birthday.
Your poem really hit a chord when you spoke of suicide. Reminded me of a play, "An Inspector Calls," which is also a movie. The bottom line of the play is that we are all responsible for one...
I waited on your kiss,
Your warm embrace;
I waited on your lips and the way your hands twist.
I waited on your excuse,
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Feeling alone, scared and deep despair
Did you know how much I cared?
You touched my heart and soul
All people care about is how large is your smile but they never cared how large is your pain.
I got lost in a fragment of time,
I got lost when he asked me if I wanted to run away with him,
I got lost when he took my hand and looked in my eyes and said I love you,
I got lost when he said everything will be okay,
He pulls my hair
He slaps my face
He throws me on the floor
He chokes me
Take heed to your last 2 sentences in your poem. You wrote it yourself. If you don't raise your standards, no one else will either. I don't even know you, nor have I ever seen your face, but...