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Suffering for Sanity

October 20, 2013
By GorJess BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GorJess BRONZE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
" I’ve put up with too much too long, and now I’m just too intelligent, too powerful, too beautiful, too sure of who I am finally to deserve anything less. " - Sandra Cisneros


Still I remember all of it.

Still I love the cupid arrows you’d throw at me,

How delusional my eyes were to the violence.

Still I hate the knives you’d throw at me,

How I romanticized everything, your harsh songs of critiques and false accusations.

And the medicine, your remedy of kisses.

Still I acknowledge the unfairness and the

Unforgiving, the unsaid and

The consequences.

Still I remember, your lies, my disappointment,

And OUR broken promises.

Still, I wouldn’t change a thing;

But the timing.


The author's comments:
I had the misfortune of staying in a abusive/controlling relationship for two years. Finally, over the 2013 summer, I obtained the courage and confidence to let go.

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