Broken

poem by: Sharon Moemise
Written on Dec 01, 2016

Broken            
                   By Maria Sharon Moemise

For every word I spake he criticized and mocked
I learnt a new one to prove that I rocked
For every blow that he struck across my face
I felt worthless and got thrown in a dark place

With every step I took to move toward the light
I had my legs kicked from under me so I don't take flight
Every drop of tear I spilled in pain rocked me to the core
while he pushed me, mocked me and broke me some more

I crawled into my dark world where I dreamt of light
I dreamt of surrendering to sounds and sights of night
Yearning to just give in to the constant drumming in my head,
where his fists pounded endlessly, leaving only dark dread.

I took what I thought was an easy way out
the empty pill bottle, alcohol and me floating on a cloud
of misery, hopelessness and lots of self hate 
for the pathetic life I held onto merely through fate.

 

Tags: sad, anger, pain, fear, beat, beat,

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Cecilia Crasto commented:
Such a beautiful, sad poem but, I hope it is not in any way related to you personally.
Frank Hornby . commented:
Sad, powerful words put into a poem......I hope you have come out of the "darkness,"........good luck Maria.....

 

 

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