Keeping Your Lie | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. Keeping Your Lie

Keeping Your Lie

January 4, 2012
By Shaynastrait BRONZE, Farmington, Missouri
More by this author
Shaynastrait BRONZE, Farmington, Missouri
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

I don't know why
but for you I cry.
You hurt me deep.
You've taken my sleep.
You made me suffer
to prove you're tougher.
And i don't know why
but I'm keeping your lie.

The bruises on my skin
prove that you win.
Your hand-print on my face
that leaves with no trace.
Other people can't see
what you're doing to me.
And I don't know why
but I'm keeping your lie.

You've brought me pain.
What did you gain?
Do you think it's fun
to ruin someone?
You've made me fear
to look in the mirror.
And i don't know why
but I'm keeping your lie.

The author's comments:
This poem was written when I was in an abusive situation. It's all in the past now, but I have many regrets. I was too scared to do anything so I just sat back and took what he gave me and that was wrong. I was lucky to have gotten out of this situation alive and healthy. For readers who are going through some situation like this, get help. Don't let yourself change and be controlled because you're paralyzed by fear. Take charge, as hard as it may be, and make your life your own again.
Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
Never The Same
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
My New Beginning
By delaney95 GOLD
St. Charles, Missouri
delaney95 GOLD, St. Charles, Missouri
11 articles 5 photos 5 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Summer Day
By Lost-In-Life GOLD
Whitby, Other
Lost-In-Life GOLD, Whitby, Other
11 articles 0 photos 299 comments

Favorite Quote:
It's never to late, if it weren't for the last minute many things would never get done!

View profile
Poetry
I want a guy...
By grlgotgame BRONZE
Chillicothe, Ohio
grlgotgame BRONZE, Chillicothe, Ohio
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"Girls with butts like mine, don't talk to boys with faces like yours."

View profile
Poetry
Alice
By Keasbey GOLD
La Habra Heights, California
Keasbey GOLD, La Habra Heights, California
12 articles 0 photos 7 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who's left me so many times. I will no longer pray on my knees, to a god who won't answer my call."

View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.