Something Inside

Cherry

By Silver Spun Sand

Thu, 09 Oct 2014
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She promised me faithfully
she wouldn’t ever let it happen again
 
but, it’s as if something inside
suddenly snaps;
 
six weeks ago, a black eye,
a month since – cracked ribs...
 
yesterday, a bloodied nose,
but hey...who’s counting?
 
I love her, so very much, or at least...
I did, and I should go, I know that;
 
best for me, for her, for everyone.
 
Leaving her would be a doddle
compared to who else  I’d be leaving behind;
 
my aspiring prima ballerina, aged three,
but going on thirty
 
and my explorer, extraordinaire – thinks
Marco Polo couldn’t hold a candle to him.
 
Keeps being bullied at school, lately, he does.
So, turn the other cheek, I tell him,
 
and that’s the reason  why I stay – practice 
what I preach.
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Submitted by K. N. Thorn on

Lots of conflicting emotions, no wonder something inside snaps... Beautifully written I had to read it quite a few times to truly grasp, it was so worth the little bit of extra time. By the end of each read it saddened me just a little bit more, but in an awe inspiring way. Bravo!

-K.N. Thorn-

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Thanks, KNT; appreciated.

Tina

 

Submitted by Bee on

People of either gender get ridiculed for not leaving, but there are always so many compelling reasons to stay. As you point out - love for partner - so 'understand', can't afford to and don't want to leave the home, and in the case of a man, losing the place in the home with his children... Men often feel extra ashamed to be in this position, having to contend with a general lack of understanding and laughter even. What can he do - certainly can't fight back - wrong to hit a woman, and as is so often the cases with either gender, he's bringing up the next generation to expect and accept the same. 

Your poem is brilliant, Tina. It shows, without being flowery, a casual acceptance of the unacceptable. 

 

Bee

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

You always put things so well, Bee, and how right you are, unfortunately, in all you say.

Tina 

 

Submitted by VeraClark on

You're very gifted with 'voices' and this one conveys the exhaustion and entrapment of domestic violence powerfully. 

 

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Many thanks, Vera.  Appreciated.

Tina