Languish

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by Nejis-wife

by Nejis-wife

I languish in this need for peace

Peace within my home

No one understands me

I hold my hands over my heart

Hyperventilating and Praying

For the very Peace I sought out

From when I was a little child

That Peace, A Peace without

Hatred.

Meanwhile I am on the floor cleaning

Bloody sheets with a beaten face

He mentions it daily that I am a disgrace

Broken and needed no more

He shows off my beaten face as if it's a prize- so galore

Glamorous as he may be

No one had a chance to see me.

Between the floorboards

Body decay

He gave police the notion that I would stay

Put up with his domestic strife

All the while, he was the one holding the Knife

Cops ordained it to be suicide

Everytime the TV screen flashes my picture with my name

My family becomes even more dead inside.