Eternal Bruises

The pain washes me like a tidal wave These bruises the worst of all that you gave Those angry words you’ve yelled have warped my mind Against all the love I gave you turned blind I tried and tried to get away But you always knew the right things to say My mind is betrayed by my heart Which belonged to you from the very start The excuses I invented nobody would buy The only way out would be for me to die Over me you had total control You wanted everything including my soul After each of our fighting sessions I sank into deeper depressions You never understood me or even tried And when the truth came out it was all denied The torture you put me through was so intense The things you did didn’t make any sense I still have nightmares of how it was Whenever you got drunk or mildly buzzed My scars are still here A memento of my constant fear The bruises have faded and gone away The ones on the inside will forever stay