CHRIS J. MELANSON
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“Ways of Control”


Shattered.
Battered and bruised.
Abused and bleeding.
Pleading for him to stop.
He never does.
Ever.

This always goes on.
He knows you’re too afraid to leave.
You never fight back.
And he knows you never will.

Broken.
Chocken and beat.
Treated so badly.
Sadly she takes it all.
She never leaves.
Ever.

You gotta get away.
He isn’t worth all of your pain.
You’re better than him.
Escape his ways of control.

Afraid.
Betrayed and hurt.
Dirty and crying.
Dying from all her pain.
You’d never know.
Ever.

You’ve done nothing wrong,
But still you take his punishment.
How can you smile,
When you know what is to come?

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-Chris J. Melanson 2004