My heart is a vessel filled with an ocean of endless love for you
My heart is a vessel filled with an ocean of endless love for you,
but when your screams break the silence like relentless storms,
when your hand rises like a cold shadow on my skin,
and your words strike like lightning on my furrowed brow,
I sink into the scorching memories of past traumas,
red nightmares like blood, nails of abuse digging deep,
the gray ghosts of anxiety dance around me,
pale and cold hands threatening my fragile neck with a deadly grip.
I wanted to stay, to hope you would be the miracle of change,
but my nerves cannot bear to relive the terror again,
my bones are broken, I can no longer bear the burden of disdain,
no more drops of abuse and raw blood can be endured.
So I leave now, leaving behind a silent farewell,
whispering peace to myself like a prayer in the quiet of the night.
It is a retreat into a long-desired sanctuary of silence,
where words are no longer arrows and shadows no longer lurk,
where each day is a dawn of calm and each breath,
a new beginning, freed from the chains of past suffering,
like a butterfly lifting its wings toward the clear sky,
seeking the peace promised by eternal silence.
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