You Jekkyl, I Hide
Don’t you hate it when you have an argument
And to you he’s violent and mean
Till all of a sudden company shows up
And somehow, he flips the whole scene
Sitting outside laughing and chatting
While you sit in a room, all alone
Tears slowly streaming down your face
Black eye forming, blood on your mouth
This isn’t the first time things got physical
You’ve always hidden it in the past
So the abuse kept going on for years
Since he kept getting a free pass
Today I think I’ll show them who he is
I think I’ll go outside
I’m not gonna stay in the house this time
I’m not gonna run and hide
I’m tired of this abuse
I gotta leave him now
I’m glad our friends are here
I’m gonna need some help getting out
I walked outside
Blood on my mouth, black, swollen eye
Their conversation stopped abruptly
All I could do was cry
Our friends flocked to me
Hugging me as we got in their car
All he could do was look stupid
And walked back in the house
Some of the fellas went in there to talk to him
But I didn’t stay to listen
I finally got the guts to leave
I never looked back for what was missing
I walked away from my pain that day
I never even came back for my clothes
I want no memory of what we used to be
I just wanna keep moving forward
I still love him
Sounds crazy, I know
But I love myself more
That’s why I had to let him go
Copyright © Anissa Harris | Year Posted 2017
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