Does it make you feel powerful

When you slap me around

Hit me across the face?

Does it make you feel in control

To be able to reduce me to a

nervous wreck

Watch me cringe; cower in fear

of yet another vicious attack?

Does it make you feel manly?

Me writhing in agony, battered

and bruised

From blows inflicted to my

defenceless body

A rag doll torn to shreds beyond

repair

Do you get sadistic pleasure

To cruelly taunt and jeer at me

Demean me in the presence of

your friends?

Do you feel justified

In taking out your frustration,

disappointments

All the pent-up anger building up

inside

To an explosive boil

Because things just aren’t going

your way

Everybody’s on your case?

I had it coming

Why did I provoke you?

Why didn’t I stay out of your way?

Does it free your insecurities

Make you feel better

To trample all over my dreams

As you try to fight the demons

raging inside your head?

Do you feel betrayed by

everyone around you

Who turn blind eyes to what’s

staring them in the face

by obsessive behaviour, emotions

That get the best of you?

Do you feel like a prisoner in

your own skin?

Your heart slowly withering away

Your soul trying to find its way

home

Do you feel pain?

How do you think I feel?