This poem is the story of domestic violence… It describes the first meeting between two people in a love-at-first-sight scenario and is told from the point of view of both the woman, who believes she has met her Prince, and the point of view of the man, who is already planning to manipulate, control, and abuse her.
TRAGEDY IN THE MAKING
I.
This is her fairy tale…
She smiled when she first saw him.
Even at a distance, she recognized him – he was a little like
she had always wanted her father to be.
And sexy! shaved head scars tattoos.
She saw through that brutal demeanor. He was haunted, haunted.
All he needed was her pure honest love.
She could sense all his agony, all his abandonment, all his anguish.
She knew, she knew, he was a good man at heart.
Her own heart is already devising was to fix him, to change him.
He would be her prince and make her feel wanted, needed, cared for.
He is walking her way, grinning, grinning…
II.
This is her funeral…
He grinned when he first saw her.
He recognized her immediately – sweet, uncertain, needy,
just like his mother and all the others.
She was very very pretty.
He could easily take care of that threat.
All she needed was a little humility through humiliation.
He could sense she would accept all his apologies, all his excuses.
He knew she would mistake his bared teeth for genuine affection.
His heart is already devising ways to cause harm, to inflict pain.
Her suffering will make him feel better about himself and his world.
She is watching him walk her way, smiling, smiling…
7-10-2010
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