Teresa Skyles Poet Free verse

The Gun

THE GUN
It started one very quiet night.                                                             The kids in bed tucked in tight.
I heard a door slam from a car.                                                            He was home from the bar.
Falling down drunk as he came in.                                                               I knew right then I was going to                                                                                  commit a sin.    
He started cussing the kids and                                                       calling them names.
Right then I knew I wasn't playing                                                       his games.
Then he looked at me with his evil eye.                                                   He said "hey ***** tonight you die".
The day began oh so nice.                                                                       I pick up the gun and never thought twice.
I never thought about what I'd done.                                                 Killed my husband with his own damn gun.
                    Teresa Skyles       3/24/10 
Wrote about a woman who couldn't take the abuse anymore.

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