Because I Love you

Babe I love you,

You give me every bit of happiness.

 

You hold my hands and kiss me down my neck.

I tell you to “stop”!

Please..

I see the fury in your eyes,

and you don't stop;

You don't listen to my commands,

So I let you do it.

You go further down;

And I kick you.

You scream, you kick, and you push me right back onto the bed.

I yell, “ Get off of me”!

 

You walked away and slammed the door.

Left me there crying ;

Not even a apology will help.

But I love you.

I do everything for you,

Can't you see?

 

Staring at the flowers you sent,

Reading the apology you wrote,

I forgive you;

Because I love you.

 

Hanging out with friends,

Giving little attention to them.

“Hey how are you”?

You get mad,

Trying to swerve my attention onto you.

I pull you off,

And you go off.

“I hate you”!

“Why are you doing this to me”!

“All of your attention is supposed to be on me”!

“Not them! They aren't important”!

Pinching all my circulation as he pulls me away.

*trying to hold back my tears, trying to be strong even though you’ve cut most of my power;

But I still love you

 

Were talking,

Finally having a decent conversation.

My phone rings,

I ignore it.

I play it off as it's not even there.

“Answer your phone or I will”!

Repeatedly he says.

He yells and grabs my wrists;

Unable to move.

He grabs my phone,

He looks at it, and it reads “mark”...

Still unable to move, feeling like I have no control.

“Who the fuck is this”!

“Who’s mark”?!

“Answer me you whore”!

He slams me against the wall.

I have no escape;

i'm trapped now  

“I’ve told you before, he’s just a friend”.

“JUST A FRIEND”?, “THEN WHY THE HELL IS HE CALLING YOU AT 12 AT NIGHT”!

His voice becomes stronger, his hands become tighter, and my body becomes weaker;

Tears suddenly start streaming down my face.

Babe, I love you.

His hands raise and slaps me across the face.

Sticking his finger in my face, screaming to the point where I can't hear myself think.

Babe…. Come back!

He leaves, and throws me away.

Standing there in the same position,

Not being able to move.

My hands are numb.

Pulling out my phone,

Typing the words, please come back BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!

 

There are teenage girls everywhere being taught that this is love.

Love is not putting your partner's satisfaction before your own safety.

Love is not about having power over the other person.

Love is about trust, it's about trusting each other, it's about having loyalty, it’s about being kind to one another and loving them with their heart not their minds!

You didn't notice the lock doors.

You didn't notice the captivity.

You were so focused on his lies, you didn't stop just to LISTEN!

Did you ever listen to the words he actually said?

Did you ever just stop to think that maybe.. Just maybe his words were a bunch of lies?

He hit you and you forgave him!

What is loving about that?

You didn't notice the arguing,

And you never noticed the fake apologies.

And you said “He hits me (“because he loves me)”.

 

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