LIVING ON A BATTLEFIELD

LIVING ON A BATTLEFIELD

Do you suffer battle fatigue,

From life on a battle front?

While you’d like to avoid trouble,

Your mate loves the thrill of the hunt.

Are you a hostage to his moods,

A prisoner of a mental war?

If you seek a plan of escape,

Does he tighten his hold even more?

Does he want you to surrender,

And bow to his every whim,

To give up all your hopes and dreams,

So that life revolves around him?

If he treats you as his enemy,

He can’t treat you like a wife.

His love is twisted and warped,

So neither of you have a life.

He may charge at you in anger,

With a coward’s display of power.

He may shout you down or beat you up,

Until before him you cower.

He is witty and charming to others,

As their approval he tries to win.

His acts of kindness are showy,

Overcompensating for his sin.

Each time you try to reconcile,

You get promises and excuses.

But they are always broken,

Just like your former truces.

Your ally during your courtship,

Your adversary after you wed.

From your protector you need protection,

Or you may wind up dead.

Becky O. Wall

NOTE: This was not written based on my own experience but is based on the experience of others I have known.

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