She grew up
watching her mother get mistreated
Saw how this
strong woman accepted it
Always stayed with
her abuser until they tired of her
Then it was on to
the next combatant
A believer that a
piece of a man is better than no man at all
These men would be
her father figures
Even the real
pappy came around every now and then, not to see her but to get his jolly’s off
with momma
When he first
arrived it was all love
He would fill her
head with promises he had no intention on keeping
She would buy what
he was selling
Then he would go
into the room with mom
Blissful moans
would fill the air for a few minutes
Then followed by
snoring
Made her feel as
if she would have her family back together finally
Knowing that the
silence would be broken once he had awaken
Another argument
“DADDY DON’T GO!!”
She screams
clutching his leg as he walks out the door
As she sits there
face in her hands
She peers at mom
out of peripheral vision
As she sparks
another cigarette tears rolling down her face
Scrolling through
her phone
Looking for
another to fill the void of love she is missing due to never learning to love
self
Some role model
right
The years pasted
And this girl grew
to be a young lady
Not confident and
never received the love that her friends did from their parental units
Went out into the
world and begun seeking it from others
The more you fight
with her the more she foolishly thinks you care
I had the
misfortune of crossing her path
But I didn’t take
the bait
She told me I
wasn’t worth anything and never spoke to me again
Sad really when
you think of it
The sting from a
punch meant love but the gentle caress of a hug she took for weakness and
someone trying to pull a fast one on her
Could blame her
parents but at this point she is way too old
At some point I
pray she learns better
But after many
trips to the ER to patch up her broken body I fear only the grave will show her
the error of her ways