She looks in the mirror, wondering <br />Silently to herself, her thoughts all a muddle <br />Staring back at her are soulless, empty eyes <br />The sparkle of life stripped from them by your countless lies <br /> <br />Eyes that once danced with joy <br />Whenever they caught sight of you <br />A soul that sang of love and promise <br />Whenever you were near, her eyes once sapphire blue <br /> <br />Are now colorless pools of pain and rejection <br />The light once found there, has all but faded <br />Like a flame that when extinguished, will eventually die <br />This the proof that she has become to jaded <br /> <br />Cheated, deprived of her freedom, her youth <br />When she stayed by your side <br />And loved you for all she was worth <br />Yet she received in return, bruises she had to hide <br /> <br />Hide these she did, for she was ashamed <br />Bruises in your opinion, that were well deserved <br />A beating for each one her indiscretions <br />That eventually left her permanently unnerved <br /> <br />Though your paths have now separated <br />Though your lives are now lived part <br />The aftermath of you brutal, so called lovable treatment <br />Still creates a cold, fearful shiver to resound through her heart <br /> <br />It will never leave her, the shame, the fears <br />For to this day she still sheds bitter tears <br />For the painful past that was her life <br />For when she was your once supposedly loved wife <br /> <br />Wife, which in itself should have meant so much <br />From you, she should have received your loving touch <br />But today, she pulls back, knowing that love will never last <br />Thanks to the brutal reminders, the hauntings from her broken past<br /><br />Jill Ferrey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hauntings-of-a-broken-past/
