Little Things

It's amazing what the little things can do to us...

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Little Things

At first it was just the little things;
  talking down to me with degrading stings.
In my head the control still rings.
I did not know the damage verbal abuse brings.
What happened to being the wind beneath my wings?

{c:blueI thought I would make a good wife,
But in an instant you changed in my life.
Your words cut through my soul like a knife,
    always causing me shame and strife.

Never supportive in the things I would do.
I was completely dependant on you.
A child—needing to learn who—I was too.
You made me miserable and suicidal blue,
    taking me for granted like a worn shoe.

Inside, fear and panic scattered.
My self-esteem shattered.
My ego completely battered.
My hope; my dreams never mattered.

S.R. Hawkins
2003

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