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Lovely Bruises
Take my hand,
Hold it tight,
Please dont let go,
Even if I fight.
I need your love,
I crave your care,
Sometimes I hurt you,
But I only do it because it's fair.
Your body is my vice,
I darken it with my fingertips,
Now it looks nice,
Yet you pull away by bits,
I scream at you,
I pull on your arm,
You yelp out loud,
As if you were alarmed,
You shrink away,
I close in,
I can feel your fingertips on my chin,
I close my fist,
You push me back,
I swing at you,
You try to attack,
I make you my canvas,
My hands the brushes,
I wrap them aorund you,
Driven by madness,
You face turns blue,
Then purple,
Then white,
I open my hand,
And there is nothing but blight.

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There is a lot of discussion about domestic abuse. I am always astonished by the descriptive diction. Thus, I wished to produce my own work from the mind of the perpetrator. Though this poem is dark, it describes the same situation in different words.