Till I Discovered Me

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Till I discovered me
I was a lab-rat in our home
Your surgical blade left prints 
of your brutality on my fragile skin 
My body like a dancehall knew different beats.
Beat of slaps that put out the 
light in my eyes, of your ceremonial punches, 
of your kicks, and the disco 
to which your cane danced on my body accompanied with songs of shouts and insults

Till I discovered me 
I was a bird in your cage 
Fed from whatever you presented to me 
My children didn’t know the beautiful me 
and thought the blue-black spots,red eyes, and the melancholic face were part of what I was made of
But how could I tell them that you were the beast that ruined me of my beauty?

In silence I sat in our home as you bullied me with violence 
My eyes became a fountain of unending tears 
And my fears, my children ate for their bread 
Discovering in their innocence that something was wrong 
Then,
I discovered me and the choice to leave 
To fly on happiness’ wings even if it meant being single 
So,
I became me
Free from you and happy and alive again 

#Against_Domestic_Violence

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 1/31/2021 10:24:00 AM
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