Domestic Violence Abuse Poem

From the mouth of a woman being abused by her spouse, "I wonder if this is how my life will be from now until I die."

Abuse

Abuse

He pulls my hair.

He slaps my face.

He kicks me on the floor.

I love him so much,

So I don't have the strength

To walk right out the door.

There's blood on my face.

Everything hurts,

And all I can do is cry.

I made him mad,

So this is what he does.

I wish I knew his reason why.

My heart won't let me leave him,

And it hurts too much to try.

I wonder if this is how my life will be

From now until I die.

He says he's sorry.

He takes me in his arms.

He even starts to cry.

I tell him I forgive him

And that everything is fine.

For now at least because I know

It will happen again in time.