Wife Beater

Wife Beater: A poem on domestic violence. 

Don't you remember when you paid her bride price,
She did nothing but commit her lifetime to you,
But it's all been built on lies,
You didn't love her,you were just looking for someone to call wife.

It isn't her fault that you took hits on the stock market,
But she'll be there,when all's low,
It isn't her fault, the recession caused you to lose your job,
But she'll be there,when all seems lost,
And all she's ever wanted was a modicum of your love and acceptance.

You're a wife beater,
Saying she brought bad luck,
That she's responsible for your misfortunes,
And that things will get better with her out of your life,
Well you're wrong.

Does it make you feel good?
Knowing that there's a punching bag waiting just for you,
After squandering the little you have on booze,
You come home and beat her black and blue.

Coming home and throw up on the couch,
But she'll be there to clean your mess up,
Change your clothes,
Even though it's two o'clock.

She is not Mike Tyson,
But she takes every punch you throw at her,
She ain't even Ali,
And she keeps holding on to the good she sees,
She ain't even Luther King,
But she defends you, when social services come knocking,
That it was 'just' some misunderstanding,
And you're working to get past it,

Nobody forced you to get married,
If you know you are not ready,
So I'm saying think before you throw that next jab,

Friends tell you it's normal,
That it's OK for a man to beat up his wife,
The one he avowed to care for, come rain come shine,

Well let me take you down the memory lane,
When you both were young and fresh,
When you were still sane,
When she was the beauty queen who stole your heart,
And she was plain Jane,

You swore to take care of her,
Laughing out loud,
Said she was elegant and intelligent,
That you'd be her hero,
It'd be the definition of your essence,

But you still go out there,
And you treat a strange woman like she's some model queen,
If only you'd come to your senses,
Motor homocunlus,and treat your wife the same way,
Just maybe you're life would turn around,

It's said,"behind every successful man,is a woman",
I wish this stings you like the booze you guzzle,
This is me making a stand,
An open letter to all wife beaters.

     2016/07/02  ©Adejumola Richard.

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