Remember

Remember that night a few years ago?
I'm sure you do.

Remember how it started out so nicely? 
Sitting, talking.
Peace?

Remember how it turned out so badly? 
Fleeing, crying, screaming? 

Remember how you promised never to hurt me again? 
How you were begging on your knees? 

Notice how that night replays itself over and over,
always ending with you begging for forgiveness?
Promising that it won't happen again? 

Do you feel guilty,
when you see the bruises on my arm? 

Do you feel guilty,
when you hear the lies I tell?

The excuses I make,
like why I can't go swimming,
why I never wear t-shirts? 
If you do, why do you keep hurting me?

Why does the night always turn bad?
Why does it end with me cowering in a corner? 

I just want to know, 
to understand. 

Why do you  this to me? 
Does it give you a feeling of power? 
Make you feel better? 

Why do you do it?
 I don't understand. 

Do you like to see the fear in my eyes? 
Do you like how I creep around when you're near, 
trying not to make you angry? 

If you do, 
why do you say you're sorry afterwords? 

To make it hurt even more the next time? 
To grind the betrayal further into my bones, my skin, my body, my mind. 

You say you're sorry but you're not.
If you were,
you would stop. 

Reviews

[Miss. Mayhem]

As I always say, I love this lol and good luck once again :)

[Isabelle Faye]

Thank you

[Miss. Mayhem]

I love this, good luck :)

[Sketcha]

Mmm, I like it! I'll give it 97, but not 100 because "remember" is repeated a lot and that kind of halts the storyline to the poem. Otherwise, I like that it's straight forward, and that I can understand the beating by a partner. I like the way it sounds in my head and it's got a calm anger and sadness to it all at once, a vulnerability.

[Miss. Mayhem]

this is so powerful, good luck :)

[Isabelle Faye]

Thank you...

[Miss. Mayhem]

you're welcome :)

[Woja]

This is a heartfelt piece

[Isabelle Faye]

Thank you

[Serenity Faith]

WoW. A Power packed piece. Sad to say, I can relate, but I don't let stuff like that keep me down. It's past stuff anyways, no need to dwell, though sometimes the memories resurface...I certainly hope this is a fictional piece, but if not...you're not alone darlin. Things tend to get better over time, you just gotta be tough. As far as your poetry goes, written well, rolls off the tongue, and causes a strong reaction. 100/100

[Isabelle Faye]

Thank you. Time heals most wounds...most. I'm glad you like it, it was originally a prose piece but I thought it would work better as a poem so I changed a few things and seperated it into stanzas.

[Michaela]

Sweetheart I just hope this isn't true, because you deserve to be safe in a relationship. This was touching, and amazingly written. It tugs at my heartstrings, because my aunt went through the same thing. Wow, that was beautifully awful

[Isabelle Faye]

Thank you very much.

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I really loved this, i can feel this one tug..so nicely written

[Laura Maidah]

Aesthetically perrrrrfect. With a billion "r"s. And SPaG is, of course, impeccable. Quite rare on this site. The last stanza is a great way to keep momentum and resolve the poem.

[Isabelle Faye]

Thanks.