Instead

How could he do this?
How could he take my thoughts?
And steal my soul?
He turned my heart
Into stone and my life,
Turned oh-so cold
I felt like hell
When he was through with me
He lied to me
He used to my own life to hurt me
He caused me so much pain
So much agony and fear
He used me,
Battered and bruised me
I was abused
And torn inside-out
My world came crashing
All because he couldn't respect me
For who I am,
Who I wanted to be
He couldn't handle it
He wasn't able to control me
So he beat me
Inside and out
Instead.