The Light In the Darkness

He's beating me blue I don't know what to do He guzzles Everclear The only time I don't fear He's knocked out cold Fear no longer has a hold With the clothes on my back I walk out just like that Night cloaks my presence I'm no longer on the defense The pavement is wet Mirroring my silhouette The streetlights glow eerily But they provide much clarity The light at the tunnel's end Hope begins to descend Determined in my persistence, I've walked a long distance A bench provides comfort So I sit, no longer on alert He can no longer hurt me Deluded love can no longer divert me Alone in my thoughts Stomach steadily untying its knots A new life up ahead Which I no longer dread I sit on this bench Safe from his painful clench Alone in the night, I anticipate my new life.