You promised you'd change <br />Wouldn't hit me anymore <br />You'd cut out the drinking <br />You promised me more. <br /> <br />Can't cover more bruises <br />Or take much more pain <br />I've told you I love you <br />Can't you treat me the same? <br /> <br />Smash up the furniture <br />We'll eat off the floor <br />Destroy all the photos <br />I'm sure there'll be more. <br /> <br />Please don't hurt me <br />Rope marks around my neck <br />Putting out your cigerettes <br />On the skin of my chest. <br /> <br />You promised me romance <br />A life full of fun <br />But your killing me slowly <br />Can't you see what you've done? <br /> <br />Why do you whip me <br />When I haven't been bad <br />Too drunk this time to hurt me <br />For that I am glad. <br /> <br />One more time <br />I'm leaving for good <br />I promise I'll leave you <br />If only I could. <br /> <br />'Be a good wife <br />And don't you complain <br />Treat him with kindness <br />And he'll do the same' <br /> <br />So I treated him kindly <br />But that didn't work <br />So I killed that motherfucker <br />And buried him in the dirt.<br /><br />Claire Jones<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/broken-promises-8/
