George and his Dragon: A Poem about Abuse

[WeKeepGoing]

Hi everyone. I hope you’re keeping strong.

Things are hard at the moment, but I’m finding writing therapeutic. I thought I would share a short poem I wrote today with other women who might understand.

 

George and his Dragon 

You asked me recently, 

if I’m so afraid of you, why did I want to marry you?

Buy a house? 

Have a child together?

 

And I didn’t know then, but now

I do.

 

Because when we met, I thought something magical was happening. 

A fairy tale.

 

You appeared, a knight in shining armour, 

and I knew that you would defend me, protect me, keep me 

 

safe.

 

When in reality, you were the dragon.

 

And I never knew, at any given moment,

whether I was dealing with the

man,

or the

beast

he was fighting.

 

You wanted to protect me from everything

but yourself.

 

[Lisa]

Hi WeKeepGoing,

I really enjoyed reading this, it’s powerful. Thank you for sharing with us.

Take care and keep posting,
Lisa

[BellaBella]

That made my heart lurch!

Its hard to write down how we feel without using pages and pages of words and you’ve done it in just a few words that speak volumes.

Take good care 🙂

[Pheonix24]

Exactly this.  The best expression on how I feel so far.

 

Thank you for sharing this

[StrongLife]

Excellent poetry written here.

[Author]

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