IT





Oozing charm, it crawled its way

slowly and tantalisingly

under your skin.



It expressed a need to feel loved,

so much so that

to be everything was its dream.

To feel that you adore it more

than anything you ever held close.



You craved it more and more,

believed and trusted it to

reciprocate your innermost joys.



It wants and expects too much of you

and the animal with emerald eyes

emerges from the light.



A prisoner trapped by its doubts and anger,

you try to reason.

Stinging retorts are all you get

as you try to run away.



Dressed up in iron fist,

your core crumbles with every blow.



Where is it now? The thing that you treasured so.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

This is a poem about abusive partners. Not written from my own personal experience but from the work I do.

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LaRae Lohstroh's picture

I like the way you express yourself. You are very deep in your writing style. You seemed to capture the essence of this poem well. Good write.

Todd Martin's picture

Wow Andrea....Bravo!!!! Most excellent...write...
Thanks so much for sharing...you definately have a gift for words....

Animal Rights Coalition 9's picture

Andrea, you have an unusual number of virgo planets
.. including uranus and pluto.. to add to your
cancer sun..

purity is your path
.. in thought word and deed
.. in diet.. not eating animals

virgo is the sign of vegetarianism

neptune in scorpio gives you intuition, healing power,
and focus

GOD give you a firefall of grace

http://www.ivu.org