Just written this one... abuse does not stop when the abuse stops because it leaves a legacy which we have to deal with for years down the line... I guess tonight I am counting my cost...
The Bitter Legacy
Endless nights of broken sleep
Endless years your criminal secret to keep
I have healed so much, healed over years
Still your mark is upon me, your bitter legacy reappears
I have dealt with so... many memories, I have come so far
Yet in those small silent hours of the night, in my head there you are
I have written so many words about your crime
I have nothing to do with your life, so why do you still come to haunt mine
I can never wash away what you did; no one can make me un-abused
Nothing could have made me win in your game, I’m winning now and yet still somehow I feel like from time to time you are winning and I still lose
I am doing all I can in this battle for survivors just like me
I am doing all I can to rid myself of your bitter legacy
Right now it feels like you are holding the deck of cards, the ace in the pack
But I am moving ever forwards and further away from you and one day please God, I won’t even bother to look back.
The Bitter Legacy
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Re: The Bitter Legacy
the poem is a truth.
I really like its title...'The Bitter Legacy'.
It's satisfying to read this poem.
I'm glad you are so strong and have hope at the end of it.
I really like its title...'The Bitter Legacy'.
It's satisfying to read this poem.
I'm glad you are so strong and have hope at the end of it.
All women are beautiful. Period.
I deserve better than survival.
I deserve better than survival.