Broken

Broken.
I'm falling apart.
Filled with pain.
Pain from the betrayal.
I thought it was real.
So right.
So blind.
Why couldn't I see it?
Hate.
Deep within my soul.
Fire, burning, hate.
I hate myself.
Such a fool.
Why did I listen?
To every lie?
Did I really believe it?
Or did I want to so much...
That I lied to myself.
Lies.
So many.
My life is based on a lie.
That's all it ever was.
He told me he loved me.
Love.
Is it real?
It wasn't with him.
Could it be with another?
I don't deserve love.
Wrong.
I was so wrong.
I was so stupid.
So blind.
Such a fool.
Pain.
I feel it deep inside.
It overcomes my life.
I can remember the hate.
It was in his eyes...
When he yelled.
When he told me I was stupid.
He'd be drunk.
Drunk.
Always drunk.
Always mad.
So mad.
Was he mad at me?
He'd scream.
Yell.
Tell me I was worthless.
I believed it.
I believed him.
Is he right?
Am I worthless?
Sorry...
So sorry..
He'd always be so sorry.
And I'd forgive him.
Happy.
Such a false feeling of happiness.
Until he'd come home.
Mad.
Drunk.
The lies. The hate. The pain.
The betrayal. The illusions...
Broken -- my world is broken.

by Paige Lynn Mandera - 5/28/98

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