written in 1998 ~ needs to be shared…

Verbal abuse is worst of all
Especially as part of a daily routine
It makes you feel like giving up
As it takes away all your self-esteem.

Believe me I know, for this is part of my life
I’ve been abused in every way I know
But the verbal abuse has been the worst of all
It leaves the scars, that seldom show.

I’d rather be abused with punches and slaps
For those pains usually quickly go away
But the pain I receive with verbal abuse
Is pain that comes to forever stay.

I try to forget the mean and hurtful words
But they constantly keep going through my head
I tell myself they are just words
But my mind thinks, differently instead.

So if you are being verbally abused
Or abused in any way
Do what you must to change your life
Don’t be weak like me and continue to stay.

               ~~~~~~~
2010 ~
That was many years ago
And I’ll never forget that time
But faith in God and a really good friend
Finally got me back, to the life that’s now mine.

And every day I thank God and I thank my friend
For this wonderful life I now live
Even that that person and I are now still friends
As with God’s help, came the power to forgive.

So whatever you do find a way to escape
It won’t be easy I will not lie
But believe me it’s better to live each day happy
Instead of waking to wonder, why don’t I die.