No longer is the image
of your once kind face
very clear in my troubled mind
Have you become merely
an image of yesterday
a stranger from my past
a once pleasant memory?
The tone in your voice has changed
You have become a stranger to me
as I bear the wrath
of your verbalised rage

What happened to the man I once loved
who once professed so much love for me
who hung off my every word
who respected me for who I was
and who loved me unconditionally?
Your values have changed
and you have found something
you love more than me

So many nights I cringed in the corner
battered and bruised as you
beat me senseless until I lay
like a ragdoll on the floor
I knew it was the alcohol
that brought your anger to the fore
as I became your punching bag
your source of entertainment
Things only got worse for me
when you lost your job
your license
and your dignity
All too soon you were
about to lose me too

My once pleasant memories of you
disappeared after you punched me
last night and broke my nose
You crippled my soul
and stole my dignity
That final blow brought me out
of my daze and back to reality

No longer were you worthy of my love
as I packed my bags and left you
slumped on the bed in drunken stupor
Memories of your kind warm touch
left me long ago as they were
replaced with the cold hard slaps
from the back of your hand

You hurt my pride
you battered and bruised my body
you ripped apart my soul
and you lost my love forever

My mind wants to forget
but my heart still remembers
the good times that remain
in a small frame in the
window of my mind
as I now leave you
in search of myself
and a better life