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Anissa Harris Poem
You cannot fathom the love that I have for him
You cannot possibly love him, the way I always have
My heart aches, as you're now his new lady
No matter what you do… you will never replace me
I am and always will be his.
You will never hold his heart the way I have
You will never see him the way that I do
And you shouldn’t….
I am his mother. You're his new wife
I gave him his origin. I gave him life
I was there from the beginning, nurtured him, watched him grow
You are his future. I can respect that. I know
May he show you the love that I have shown him.
It’s hard raising a man without a father figure.
I raised him to be God-fearing, show love, honor and respect
So please, as his wife, reflect all of that back.
Welcome to the family.
Copyright © Anissa Harris | Year Posted 2017
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Anissa Harris Poem
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
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Anissa Harris Poem
When did I go from being revered as your queen
To being demoted as a fool?
Blatantly disrespected and demeaned
Stepped on like a footstool
When in your eyes did I lose value?
Making you think you can do as you please
Saying whatever comes into your mind
Making me literally FREEZE
For years I let you take my power
Making me feel unloved and unworthy
Taking what once was a beautiful love
And turning it into something dirty
I didn’t even recognize myself
After your years of verbal attacks
No reflection of the woman I once was
Of the woman from several years back
Who is this shell of a woman?
Fragile, with tears in her eyes
When did I become HER
It’s at this moment, I realize
NO MAN ON EARTH, ASSIGNS MY WORTH
Some men know how to love their women
And I sincerely applaud you guys
So take no offense, to hear me vent
To you, this poem doesn’t apply
Copyright © Anissa Harris | Year Posted 2017
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