Speaks Volumes Poet Rhyme

Song - Battle Scars

Sleep wont come, nights are never ending.
Beyond all the pain my spirit is descending.
You ripped out my heart. I am an empty vessel.
Devotion, and feelings of loathing, both wrestle.

Your hateful, bitter words on my soul left a stain.
I showered you with love, you greeted me with pain.
So many questions, my tortured mind is ill at ease.
The man of my dreams, now impossible to please.

Toxic thoughts encircle my mind like a plague.
Shell shocked and shattered, my feelings are vague.
I cannot comprehend why you lost all control.
Leaving a void, an abyss I am no longer whole.

Memories are so clouded of that fateful night. 
Bewildered why you lashed out, was it all in spite? 
Visions of you laughing at me behind those bars. 
My broken body lays dormant covered in battle scars.

I refuse to be known as a victim of violence.
There'll be no labels. A survivor, without silence.
You took all the love, an abundance I had to give.
Maybe this time I wont be so quick to forgive.

The Song: Battle Scars  The writers : Guy Sebastian & Lupe
Engineer & singer : Jemma



Copyright © Speaks Volumes | Year Posted 2023

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Shane Thacker July 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM I love this, Wen, especially the first two stanzas. It's both profoundly sorrowful and brilliant. I also love the fact that you incorporated not only the theme of the song into the poem, but it's title in the last line of the fourth stanza, as well. Very clever! It's a beautiful cover by Jemma, and the poem compliments it perfectly. Speaks Volumes July 2, 2026 at 4:37 AM And here was me thinking you had disappeared forever !!!!! Oh its wonderful to hear from you. Wish you could see my smile.