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Simply?
Hey dad, are you proud of me now?
After fours, I’m finally out of the dark
Hey momma, I should’ve prayed from the start
I should’ve known that there wasn’t a spark like the movies have.
Every time he said he loved me, and held me close
I would fall in love more and more
By those thoughts, I think now, what were they for?
Bruises spread across my face
After just saying that I simply needed some space
The feelings he had, were fake as can be
Obviously not, for our love to never succeed
We fought constantly I ask “why me?”
What was once love, now is suffering
Morning time isn’t complete without some makeup
All because I said that we should, breakup
As I look up in the mirror
I see a mess, contrasted from someone trying to look her best
I am just trying to smile
Just trying to love
Just trying to be happy
Just trying to shove away this hate
I am just trying not to take a while
I want to leave this house, and the memories
All of the hatred is tiring
I just want to be free
After four whole years of solitude
To anyone but him like the princesses locked in towers
Except the princess isn’t pretty this time
She is beaten down
Almost to the point where she looks used and tore
Her skin looks like a piece of paper got torn and ruined
Yet, being away from him is amazing
I can simply say that I am happy
And free
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Growing up with domestic violence has definitely been what sparked me to write the poem above, and also hope that someday people change their ways and don’t turn to violence for everything that they can think of.