Pillory

He was raised by his stepfather Who he loved so much This man treated his mum like a queen and never raised his hands against her He was a role model, of how he wanted to be as a dad and husband His biological dad was never in his life He was known for his violence He abused his mum a lot and she had to run away He vowed never to become like this man, though his DNA he carried But one time during a heated argument with his wife, he did what he had promised himself not to do to any woman He hit her, not once but twice Her swollen eye, the pain and in fear in her face, Her tears.....all reminded him of the abusive days of his mum by his biological dad She, the wife knew his history so well And there are those days she would remind him of it, and he would shrink like slug being showered with salt His abuse, his own punishment His abuse, her strength