#abusepoetry

[introspectivelyrical]

excerpt from "flicker"

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I try I wish to be who I was

I go back in time and through my past and searching for when I was happy and free and then

I found that it doesn't

Didn't exist

In my past, it was sad more than it was happy

Because all I can see when

I look back on those memories

Is how I should have left

I was so naíve

Thinking I could be joy

For them

Make them

Happy

Because they made themselves sad

Through me they dug their hole

And I tried to please them

What did I do wrong

I did everything

What didn't I do wrong

What was in my control

Where is that moment

That people wish they could go back to

Because mine

I don't have one

It's so

Blurry

Faded

Wispy

L

O

S

T

[writingbeautifully]

“Your Turn” – A Poem About Domestic Violence & Abuse – by Lesley M. Patterson AKA Lady Opaque

(Honorable Winner in Poetry Contest on AllPoetry.com)

By Lesley M. Patterson AKA Lady Opaque – June 2018



Why do you make me feel this way? 

Like a shadow in the night, you’ve robbed the light of day. 

I long for this to be a dream, it all seems so surreal, 

but I’m lodged here in this Hell, with the rotten end of the deal. 

My friends all tried to warn me, they advised me to just leave,

but with my whole heart and soul, I wanted so badly to believe. 

To believe in us, our future, and our life together. 

Now I’m caught without an umbrella in this stormy weather. 

My nerves are as taut as rubber bands, 

as I walk down the street, seeing happy couples holding hands.

I gave you all I had to give, and this is what I receive? 

Your lies, your hate, and our attempts to deceive?

“Your Turn” – A Poem About Domestic Violence & Abuse – by Lesley M. Patterson AKA Lady Opaque

(Honorable Winner in Poetry Contest on AllPoetry.com)

By Lesley M. Patterson AKA Lady Opaque – June 2018



Why do you make me feel this way? 

Like a shadow in the night, you’ve robbed the light of day. 

I long for this to be a dream, it all seems so surreal, 

but I’m lodged here in this Hell, with the rotten end of the deal. 

My friends all tried to warn me, they advised me to just leave,

but with my whole heart and soul, I wanted so badly to believe. 

To believe in us, our future, and our life together. 

Now I’m caught without an umbrella in this stormy weather. 

My nerves are as taut as rubber bands, 

as I walk down the street, seeing happy couples holding hands.

I gave you all I had to give, and this is what I receive? 

Your lies, your hate, and our attempts to deceive?

Well, this is the end, our last and final goodbye,

and now it’s your turn to regret and to cry.

© June 2018 by Lesley M. Patterson AKA Lady Opaque



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© June 2018 by Lesley M. Patterson AKA Lady Opaque

[introspectivelyrical]

excerpt from swallow

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