| Bruises to My Heart Looking towards tomorrow Hoping I won't see The pain The tears The bruises You bestowed on me Every night I lie awake Fearing your return Your hurtful kisses Bruising arms Leave scars so deep They burn And as you sleep beside me You can't hear my tears Caused by lies And fights And violence That's escalated through the years Looking back at yesterday How did the better times Of love And joy And laughter Become these nightmare crimes I'd never dreamed of this When we drifted apart Blacks and blues They will heal But not the bruises to my heart You promised not to hurt me I was foolish to believe Your lies Your vows And empty words But this hate I never did conceive The unsightly mark under my eye The red gash upon my arm Never did I imagine My love You were capable of such harm You once said I was beautiful But now you've marred me so With hurts And cuts And scratches How was I supposed to know? For what it's worth I once loved you But you destroyed it from the start Given time These wounds They'll heal But not the bruises to my heart Written by Melissa Gonzalez June 2001 (C) The Depths of Shallowness 2001 Back to the Archive |