Free At Last
A rush of force hits my face
As bare skin touches bare skin
And all feeling escapes from my now raw cheek
The stinging subsides but now my heart is pounding hard and loud
He will hear it, he won’t want to hear it
Now he's up in my face as we breathe the same air
And share the same breath
I feel nothing from head to toe
No courage to move
No will to speak
And no energy to fight back
I see her laying lifelessly on the floor
My skin itching and tearing apart
But I can’t seem to stir up any reason to help her
I wanna hit myself for acting like a fool
My chest is tight and breathing now seems impossible
As if shards of glass enter my lungs and pierce every inch
Making my body feel like dead weight
I wanna give up
I will let him win
But he always wins
He gets the first hit, the first laugh, the last punch
I let him paint my body in purple and blue bruises
And abstracts cuts and scratches
To him they are magnificent creations of art
Art that makes the canvas feel ashamed
But the audience feel powerful
It’s all wrong
cruel and sick
But my mother is the one who takes blame for all of it
I killed her by simply just standing still
And watching his big hands vishously wrap around her tiny neck
Straining the life from my mothers deep green eyes
To darks pits of black
He covered her with hated loved to then shower her with roses
It was wrong and I did nothing
So now I must do something
My hands franticly shaking
But my eyes dart across the room
I see it
My way out
My baseball bat that I’ve had forever
That is just simply an accessory of my childhood
But is now a weapon of war
I soar across the room and dismount it from the wall
Instantly swing, and immediately coming in contact with the skull of my father
Not enough to kill but enough to escape
I AM FREE
Copyright © Alyssa Stuhr | Year Posted 2018
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