Loving Cruelty

Loving Cruelty

From your once sweet lips,
cruel words are thrown my way.
Your once gentle hands now strike my body with painful blows.
I fear now what I once loved, and yet I stay.
I make excuses for your actions, believing you'll change.
But with each stinging blow and acidic word
I find my heart breaks a little more until I pull away from your hurtful actions and surround myself with silence.
Here, in this dreary motel, I feel as though I live within a tomb.
Desolate and isolated from the warmth of life and love.
My breath is frozen, my skin is blue, the cold emptiness of my mind invading my heart,
everything I love now torn apart.
My soul turned black, my heart like stone
I feel I’m destined to live alone.