got me here sitting thinking <br />about the way you have mistreated me <br />you and i both know that you've changed <br />a piece of you fade away each and every day <br />first it was cool then the beatings began <br />i don't know how things got out of hand <br /> <br />who is this stranger asleep in my bed <br />i dont know this person i once knew <br />because he's gone he left me a long time ago <br /> <br />roses, love cards, phone conversations <br />nothing important but the simple basics <br />simple i love you simple i love you too <br />simple your beautiful simple just like blue <br />black eyes and swollen lips degrading comments <br />i am nothing i am shit. you spit venom <br />that burns holes in my skin the usual <br /> <br />who is this stranger asleep in my bed <br />i don't know this person i once knew <br />because he's gone he left me a long time ago <br /> <br />fistful of hair dragging me down <br />hit me so hard it made the world flip <br />my chest i can't breathe my wind pipe <br />feels damaged i can't manage <br />i have to get away but what will he say <br />what will he do i'm screwed <br />flashbacks of the last time i tried to leave <br />i almost died of the pistol whip i recieved <br />i'm am his property he says i owe him <br />for everything he's done for me <br /> <br />i am that stranger asleep in his bed <br />i am that stranger who i once knew <br />the old me is gone i left me a long time ago<br /><br />elena winters<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-stranger-i-once-knew/
