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Trapped

07 March 2013, 15:59

I look in the mirror the face I see is that of a stranger.

What happened to me?

Where did I go?

My eyes are swollen. My face bruised.

My body covered in black and blue

When did this become my life?

Scared to say something wrong

I live in fear

I live in the shadows

Suffocating, always anxious

I am in hell

When did I stop fighting back?

I look at the roses on the table

A token of your remorse

An empty promise that  you will never hit me again

I keep hoping, I keep praying

Till the next time and the next and the next...

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