Don’t make me cry
Again.
I was beaten down
After all those years
Of endless words.
Don’t let it happen
Again.

I lament for myself
Pity ridden tears.
Shadow puppets
Stain my skin
Creeping up on me
Just when I think,
That they’ve gone.

You filch from me
Little by little
Until everything
Is forgotten, empty.

Repetition of your invective
Scars my ears,
My smile is forever
Contaminated. Behind
every blink is
Just another
painful memory.

You’ve made me weak.