Vickie Hurtt - Thayer Poet Lyric

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WITH DEDICATIONS TO WOMEN AND MEN WHO ARE ABUSED BY THEIR HUSBANDS AND WIVES OR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AND CAN'T FIND THE STRENGTH TO LEAVE. I HAVE BEEN THERE, THAT DARK PLACE THAT MAKES YOU DOUBT YOURSELF, THAT MAKES YOU BELIEVE EVERY WORD THAT COMES OUT OF HIS OR HER NASTY MOUTH..."you're not good enough, your're fat, your ugly, your a bad wife, a bad mother, no man will ever want you, your ruined, your crazy, you will never find another man like me."  EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY  DRAINED.        

 

Home Is Where They Should Love You

When he arrived home,

All he gave to her,

Was gone,

He will sleep on a broken heart,

All alone,

His fist can no longer break her,
 
His words can no longer make her,

Through no fault of her own,

He visits her eternal bed carved in beautiful stone,

"God has healed my bruises,

With him I am safe and loved at home."

The tears that fell from his bloodshot eyes,

Quenches the soil, 

Reaching deep inside,

She swallows his remorse and pitiful cries,

One last drink that she despised,

The weeds have grown where he sighs,

He will break,

Until,

He too, dies.



Vickie Thayer @2018

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Silent One June 1, 2018 at 8:10 AM I despise domestic violence in every from Vickie.. You wrote about the serious issue with great poeticness.. however, it is an evil which so many suffer from.. Vickie Hurtt - Thayer June 1, 2018 at 2:15 PM I Understand what you are saying..,so true. Men are also abused, I should have and will include this in my description. Thanks, Vickie

Poet Tacito May 31, 2018 at 1:52 PM Extremely powerful imagery. Thank you for this. Vickie Hurtt - Thayer May 31, 2018 at 2:34 PM Thank You, Drake.