No cause

The door opens, then closes
Off the couch, he jumps off quick
She moves to the corner
As he removes his belt
“Where have you been?’
Who have you been with?
You sly cow, you stupid bitch!”

She goes to work
Bright, happy and swift on her feet
Children run around and play
Games in the school yard after school
From which she picks up the kids.

Amy, Kim, Jacob and Keith
Sit in front of the TV
Completely transfixed
She makes dinner for him
“Will he be home soon? She ponders
Should I now leave to go shopping?
Maybe he will be worried sick?

I walk through the door
My skin turns red, blue, then brown
My dear children are upstairs
Dreaming, as they are fast asleep
Whip after whip, blow after blow
My hazel eyes become dull
Growing more tired and tireder,
As my wounds seep ever so deep
Into my skin.

As I endure such agony and pain
As his foul breathe seethes through his teeth
“Where the fuck have you been?

Who the fuck have you been sleeping with?
You filthy whore, you stupid bitch!”

I sit on the couch, the football I watch
Sinking beer, after beer, after beer
Sliding down by throat
She slides into the house,
I see her though, as she tries to hide herself
By stepping into the shadows
So that I will not notice
Nor hear her, as she tip-toes into the house
And so that I will not twitch.

He beats his wife senseless
For no cause at all
He loved this woman so much
But, abuse he cannot resist.
His constant beating will never
Be absolved nor be fixed.

This woman is like all women
All the women in the world out there
Who endure for no reason
Violation from such beastly creatures,
Such monsters, who females do
Not know how to deal with.

Should we put them like Jesus
These animals that will be
Redeemed like He was
Upon the crucifix?

I doubt they deserve such
Accolades, its better that
We tie a rope around their
Heads, sever their scrotum
To teach men of the world
To be made scapegoats
And be rightly dealt with.

Peter Najjar, 18/07/2007 12:02:15 AM