Domestic mask
I see a rose wilting by the darkness of an abusive husband/
And I feel guilty just standing by and not doing something/
I’m proving nothing with my inactivity and hollow words/
Truth is hard to swallow but I’m sure you’ve swallowed worse/
Like your pride and dignity. God knows you’re crying gets to me/
Driving into me your pain caused by that violent entity/
Who claims he loves you. My identity? A friend of both/
Whose seen your minor arguments over nothing end in chokes/
And bruises. Ambulances, hospitals and police cruisers/
And an unsympathetic criminal system that believes losers/
I’ve grown fond of you. See girl, I was there from the start/
When he told me how a maiden so fair had won his heart/
Young and smart. I first doubted his heated exclamations/
And then I met you and, girl, you exceeded expectations/
Brown skin glistening. Blown my mind when I met you/
Like the Lord above worked overtime to perfect you/
Never crossed my mind to protect you. He was loving/
Charmed both you and others with his lies. He was something/
Knew he was bluffing but I thought you could change him/
But he changed you and created the prison that you’re caged in/
Why do you stay?/
Knowing that your man’s a psycho case/
You can die today. What a hellish price to pay/
Just take my hand girl and I’ll help you fly away/
The future looks bleak but I promise you there’s a brighter day/
Why’d you stay when he stopped talking and started hitting first?/
Did you think he would change before it started getting worse?/
Didn’t it hurt? Calling you names when the beating ends/
Locking you in and forbidding you from meeting friends/
Lying to cops with self inflicted wounds claiming you hit him/
Why’d you stay? I guess I’m like everyone. Blaming the victim/
And not seeing your side. There’s no excuse for beating your bride/
Even when you wear sunglasses, I see defeat in your eyes/
Visual evidence on your body forces the need for disguise/
And constant grimacing. Girl, you’re probably bleeding inside/
You need to decide if you want help.. I’ll be there for you/
Allow me to relieve this burden of guilt and let me care for you/
I’ll cherish you despite me and your man’s friendship/
I love you both but I can’t stand by. It’s time to end this/
He’s relentless. Constant torment put you in boundless despair/
Questioning your fidelity despite his countless affairs/
I’ve seen him with other women but all the secrets were kept/
Should have told you sooner. That’s why I’m deep in regret/
Need to forget this coarse reality devised by his warped mentality/
Get away cause the only ending to this is of course: fatality/
Why do you stay?/
Knowing that your man’s a psycho case/
You can die today. What a hellish price to pay/
Just take my hand girl and I’ll help you fly away/
The future looks bleak but I promise you there’s a brighter day/
I wrote this because I see some inner fire coming out/
And I figured I should help you leave cause time is running out/
He runs his mouth how he’s the king and how he breaks you/
And how much he dislikes making love. So now he rapes you/
Takes you like your vagina’s a product on the storage shelf/
Once vibrant, you’re just a empty shell of your former self/
But I see a diamond. A jewel shining in a block of obsidian/
The last vestiges of your humanity locked in oblivion/
I harbor thoughts of killing him but I’m above that/
My sole goal is to reclaim your soul so you can shove back/
First love taps than full blows. I knew his violent tendencies/
Should have protected you but I just let my silence hinder me/
I love you but don’t love me back. It’ll make the game worsen/
The reason I know your man so well’s cause we’re the same person/
I’m not the one for you. Hope you see me with better focus/
Leave now cause when I reach home I’ll swear I never wrote this/
I’m hopeless. Shit, I bet you’re probably not reading this/
You cheating bitch. I bet you’re probably out meeting tricks/
Should be almost home now. And when I reach, I’m a drop you/
I wanted you to read this just to buy me some time to stop you….
Why do you stay?/
Knowing I’m a fucking a psycho case/
You will die today. Always knew the price you’d pay/
I’ve clipped your wings so you will never fly away/
I’m sending your ass to hell where there’s never a brighter day….
I love you. I’ll be home soon. You better be there………
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