Not So Happy Ending

Sometime I wonder
Do
You remember
As vividly as me. . .
Those nights you made
Love
To my face with your
Fist.
The same nights you would
Softly caress me with
Insults
And tenderly bruise
my self esteem
With open handed blows
To the jaw. . .
I can
Still hear the
Words in my head
The night
That you said
If I ever told anyone
Or ever tried to run
That I would
End
Up
Dead . . .
Putting inside me such fear
I was scared to take flight
But fear alone
Was not enough
To make me stay and deal
With your stuff
Any longer. . .
Sometimes I wonder
Do you remember
As vividly as me
Fighting to stay alive
That night I woke up in the hospital bed
Bloody
Beat down
Half
Near
Dead. . .
One eye so inflamed
That I could not see
Past the pain.
Lips so swollen
I could not speak. . .
Bones fractured
And broken
Pain on this side
And that side
Lungs on fire
Body filled with
So much agony
All I could do was weep
Till my
Final
Heart
Beat. . .
Sometimes I wonder
Do you remember
As vividly as I do
The day I finally found the
Strength
To walk away
From the torture u called love. . .
I hope so
As I smile down from you in
Heaven up above. . .

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