Why do you tear me down
When all I do is build you up?
Why do you hate me so much?
Why do you deny my touch?
Is drinking that important
and family so expendable?
You call me names
and tell me I'm the one to blame.
It's all my fault.
I deserve a verbal assault.
Not a bruise on my body,
only scars on my soul.
I am alone.
I am scared.
I'd be better on my own.
What happened to the love we shared?
I am fat, a slut, a whore, a liar,
when all I am is a crier.
You say I'm not faithful,
but it's our relationship that's not stable.
I don't deserve this.
I am a good person.
Let's try a kiss
to release my burden.
When will you stop?
Stop the drunken arguments that mean nothing.
I am tired, I am wore out, I can't go on
knowing I am not on top.
I want to mean more than a liquid you pour down your throat,
the one that drives people away from you.
Does it mean that much to you
that you have to see all you can lose before something means more?
I love you with all my heart and soul,
But I am tired -
tired of being put last
when you are so wired.
You have to know my every move,
but what do you do for me?
I don't ask much,
just asking for you to improve.
Why Don't You Love Me?
When I read this, I thought I wrote it myself. I have been with my husband going on 6 years. He would drink and come home mad. Sometimes I thought, "This man that I fell in love with is no...
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Published by Family Friend Poems January 2012 with permission of the Author.
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