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martiniat8
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since 2003-06-21
Posts 897
Prague, Bohemia, Czech Republic

0 posted 2010-08-07 02:23 AM



I'm worried about you, sweetheart
I'm worried he is going to hurt you, rape you
if he hasn't already
I'm worried you may hurt him, kill him
and then what, then...?

you remember that night?
you stabbing at your drink, thinking about "Dan"
and I asked you what you were doing
and you said to me...
"I'm stabbing my man"

I don't know the way out
but you have to find one

it's not me
but it is
whether I'm here or gone
you won't be with him for long

your relationship was over before we even met

He doesn't love you
He doesn't even know you...
he is...
and you know it,
obsessed.

he sees you as his property
these are the things, the information
he spoke to me

and then as we squared off
looked each other right in the eye
he started to get violent
as he grabbed at your thigh

you leaned into me,
he was about to get hit
and then what happens?
welllll...
you said it.
"$HIT!"

kiss me, he asked you
as he looked me dead in the eye
and you didn't
and you don't want to

as those tiger lilies glared
oh Mr.! they ARE going to eat you!

so, he chopped at your heart

he was one step away
one step from giving me, your teddy bear
a VERY grizzly start

and then it would be over
it would be all over...

the walls

you don't love him anymore
he has hurt you, he has betrayed you
he doesn't even know you, much less care
or know how to make you happy

and everyone knows it
its in that possessive stare

so you are with him
with him this weekend
keeping up appearances
going through the motions

numb inside
dead inside
blocking out...
all the emotions

I don't have to plead my case
look at the pictures...
everyone sees it
it's written all over your face

I put you...?
no, I place you...?
no...
I think I have become
your happy place

this, this will end
and I'm not sure if this is a message
I even need to
want to
have to...
send

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easy1
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since 2010-05-22
Posts 1209
Southeastern USA
1 posted 2010-08-07 06:21 AM


Bullies and other mean people suck. They always go down in pain eventually, for a while, for a lesson...

But sometimes one just cannot rescue another if that person won't help themselves, or feel they can't be rescued at the time. That's sad, but it's the truth.

Very effective emotional roller coaster you have written in this. I can relate, and I would guess many people can relate to such feelings.

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