Wife Beating

I am kicking, screaming, pounding within your chest

My screams echo into whispers as I gasp for one more breath

Sinking, falling, drowning within my own wet eyes

Your reflection fading, I am awaiting my demise

I am a beating voice, my hands cannot be heard

I am grabbing, pulling, holding onto your heart with every word

I cannot let you go, though beating, without you I bleed

You are my heart, I am your heart, its each other we need

My love, my life

Your heart, your wife

Author's Note

* No, I am not being beaten by my husband. This is not a poem about domestic violence. Wife is used in metaphor as a heart. Heart beating = Wife beating

Reviews

[KurKota]

Powerful statement, effectively written !.....That is always a tragic, and to me as a male, confounding at best. I see guys like that as very insecure and pathetic from my perspective. However, in case I am misreading this piece, I best not say more about my feelings of same. But very effective and good writing ! An interesting link you have made within this work.

[Jack...]

It is when two hearts beat as one that the sound is heard over everything else, beating loudly, in harmony with all. Very nice.

[Frieda P]

I expected this to be something totally different, which was intended I'd say with your title, had my knickers in a twist immediately, very clever. Sometimes the beatings that don't show visible are the worst kind to define and overcome. Like this one a lot, great write.