Life Of A Beaten Woman

soft hands bruised lips
Finger tips that spare no delight
Mocked for swaying hips
Meals served with a smiled delivery

Food fit for a king, scars to prove it
The beast dares to sing, and dance
Of love songs with no culprits
And can't see it in every glance

Submission and subjection
Cursed in every silence
Perfect timing in every re-action
I love you, the pretense

Humiliation in excellence
Her's is the gift of grace
She is a woman giving all else defiance
Who she is, set to taste

Tears by candlelight
Romance hides what love can't
Keeping the better day bright
Just because she could

Trembling before the moon
How will he come home tonight?
A battered woman's gloom
Her cradling in fright

Sun rise, I made it through the night
Baby your breakfast is ready
Woman, I'm sleeping, turn off the light
God bless the women who hold it steady!