VERBAL VENOM (Possible Trigger Warning)
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VERBAL VENOM
(Possible Trigger Warning)
Can I ask you a question?
Will you tell me the truth?
I don’t mean to sound crazy
Or come off as aloof.
But someone in my life
Is very abusive.
What I’m about to say
Might seem slightly intrusive.
They are wearing me down.
I don’t want to be near it.
Their energy’s negative.
I wish I could clear it.
They learned the abuse
From their own childhood.
But the trauma their inflicting
Cannot be withstood.
They don’t hit.. only yell
To them it’s an improvement.
Rather than ending the cycle
They continued the movement.
They blame it on us.
Say it’s all our fault.
We can’t take much more
Of this verbal assault.
The tears that I cried
From just yesterday.
So much hate in the words
That they choose to say.
I’m a bitch, I’m a cow
I’m a failure at life.
No wonder no one
Ever made me their wife.
My son is so lazy
And getting too fat.
I’m a bad mom
Who created a brat.
I finally lost it
Couldn’t take any more .
Found my inner voice
Replicated her roar.
You say I’m ruining my son
And it’s my fault cuz I’m bad.
So if I’m such a failure
Then I blame you and dad.
It’s the parents in the wrong.
Isn’t that what you said?
So I guess you’re the reason
I’m so fucked in the head!
She stormed out of the room
No more verbal abuse.
I might have won the battle
But my soul bore the bruise.
I felt so ashamed
That I stooped to her level.
I now knew what it was like
To dance with the devil.
I won’t rematch her energy
I uplift, not destroy.
But I can no longer stand by.
I must protect my sweet boy.
Maybe she sees it.
I really don’t know.
The bond he and I share.
It continues to grow.
Thank you for listening.
The line has been drawn.
I released the bad energy.
The guilt is now gone.
I won’t stop guarding my son
From the verbal abuse.
But I won’t argue with an abuser
Who is always obtuse.
Original Poetry Written By
Eryn Dunbar
Copyright (c) 3.13.2025
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