You tell the nurse you fell.
She stares; she knows you’re lying.
What else can you tell her?
You love him,
He loves you,
Or so he says.
Every time he hurts you
He cries and vows never again.
Every time you believe him
And he proves an ass again.
One drink he says,
You believe him again.
You were wrong again.
You know next time you
May not walk away.
How can you escape though?
You know he’ll find you.
You can’t run anymore.
So as you sign the note
And beg your mother not to cry
You pull the trigger and
End it for him.
He finds the note that night
After he found your body.
He tries to bring you back.
To remove the bruises and black eyes
He gave as gifts the night before.
But no amount of praying
Can save him now.
You were what kept him safe,
You were the world to him,
He knows that now.
Now that he can’t have you back.
As he stares at your blood
Trickling from the next room
He picks up your gun
Still warm from your hand.
He left no note.
Left no one to mourn him.
He ruined your life and
You realized it all too late.
He ruined his life and
He realized it all too late.
Now, as his cold body collapses
Upon your own warm flesh
The police arrive.
They found the note too late.
They didn’t move fast enough,
The world never heard your names
Because you have none.
You are both a statistic now.
You were never out to change the world,
You never thought you could.
But you did,
Now your story is known
And your soul lives on
In those that don’t forget.
