HER

A poem about feeling stuck with someone who hurts you but you cant leave

HER

I'm holding my breath
I'm biting my tongue
I'll be drowning myself till all this is done
I want to cut the rope
But I guess thats to cut throat
That's what people always say
But I don't want to live this way another day
I question whether or not they have ever felt this way
Dying a little more every day
Here I sit holding my breath and biting my tongue
Hoping to all gods that soon this will be done
I'm holding my breath and biting my tongue
I never took the bait
I was born in captivity
Now im trapped in this cage
And all her rage
She's walking over boundaries like state lines
Feeding me all her lies
And tears streak down my face like rainy streams
Quiet and quivering
Shaking and quaking
Running and rippling
Trapped and tied
I wish I could run the way the rain does
Down the street and away
Dribbling into crevises and despercing
Instead I sit here
Still holding my breath and still biting by tongue
Looking out the window, watching the rain
Biding my time till the days of my captivity are all over and done

ACO