A Typical Night
Caught in the middle
With no place to go,
I can only hide
Till their fighting has slowed.
I can cower in a corner,
Or under the bed,
But it's not enough to hide me
From the hateful words said.
Still the fighting continues,
Over what I'm not sure,
All meaning lost long ago
-now slams the door.
The steps they now tremble,
As I try to stay still.
In hopes he might not see me,
But I know that he will.
My door flies open;
I've no place to go.
I can only cry silently
After each hateful blow.
Not weapons, or fists,
But words does he use,
To leave on my heart
Bruise after bruise.
If he had hit me,
It couldn't have been worse,
Than when he had screamed at me
Curse after curse.
Then he stalks out muttering,
"I'll go to the bar"
And I wait, holding breath
Till I can't hear the car.
Now it's all over,
A typical night,
As I lay in my bed
Body shaking with fright.
My heart lay now bleeding,
Broken and torn.
My ears still hearing,
My mind now believing,
How could he say it if it
Weren't the truth he was revealing?
JediK1 3/10/00