BROKEN PROMISES

poetry

We loved so freely when starting out

Gathered family and friend about
Taking vows to love one another
to have and to hold no other

Life was rosy, all peaches and cream
Everyone thought we were such a team
Then you came home late one night
told me I was all wrong and you were right

Bruises began to show
Just clumsy a fall I say
Many look …in the know
watching me now everyday

Promises you made won’t happen again
Vows were made you cry

as I moan suffering the pain

Yes ‘to have’ me as your slave
‘To hold’ in your prison man cave

Change you yell at me and I try
Over shattered bones and bruises I cry
Wincing through the pain
we say I’m sorry never again

Deep inside were truth does not lie
fooling ourselves and wishing me to die
Each day I live in this loneliness and fear
As each draws closer deaths door is near

Tormented and bullied cannot last
like our love it must stop now and fast
I make my plan with strength and resolve
Each name called, punch, slap, kick and fist
Has been added to a growing list

No more shall I fear your walk through the door
As I touch your heart like years before
Only this time with my street bought forty-four.