A Lonely Wife

I would love to know how it feels to be free

How to be anybody but me

I try so hard to be the perfect wife 

But what I get is pain and strife.

Sometimes I think I can cry and get compassion

But I Am a battered woman

That gets no reasonable reaction.

What have I done but clean, work, and love.

I've looked to astrology, counsellors, and most of all God up above.

All have failed in immediate relief 

I'm left with taking pain medication that caused me more grief.

I don't know what else to do but leave.