by Martine V. Clarke
An accursed pandemonium
that’s her life
a myriad of troubles of trials of torments, completely engulfing her
this isn’t the blissful heaven she was promised
or the peaceful sanctuary of her dreams
everything seems like being upon some black planet
under some strange moon
now, something hideous
a nightmare
unnatural
she seeks man’s mythical gods
but their ears are deaf to her supplications
and their eyes are blind to her tribulations
she only longs to be relieved of her burdens
so still she prays
prays for this cup to be taken away from her
this cup,
with contents once sweet but now sickening her
poisoning her soul
vinegar on her lips
bile in her throat
an incurable, ulcerous stomach is what her life has become
but she will no longer be victim to these plagues
she will no longer succumb to these horrors
horrors from the hands that once offered kindness
now only a source of infinite sadness
she will no longer suffer in this dark sepulchre
she will get out
get out from this house of pain
this house of torment
this stifling atmosphere
this mental anguish
get out from the midst of these boughs of displeasure
unhappiness
misery
get out of this dungeon
this cellar
this bottomless pit
this grave presenting only an unmerciful death
she will find a way out of this labyrinth
and some channel out of this maelstrom
which has made her spin violently into terror after terror
she will get out
such seemingly eternal suffering must end
for through the years she has not only endured these torments
but she has prepared herself to no longer be his slave, his victim
or the recipient of his attacks
but to overcome
to win this war against him
that evil one
to be no longer battered, beaten,
bruised for her existence
she will regain her life
and detonate every evil situation
she will be free
and at the end
sit on the summit of this debris
and claim victory
Last updated October 22, 2015