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When The Sky Turned Blue

A Domestic Violence Survivor Poem

By Carol TownendPublished 22 days ago 1 min read
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When The Sky Turned Blue
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My authentic self felt like a storm that constantly battled with my mind,

My thoughts were distorted by your version of who I was,

My mind was bruised by your never-ending onslaught of cruel words,

My body and head ached with your constant physical punches and kicks,

My head sunk into a dark tornado of different personalities,

And all of my life was sucked out of me by your domestic violence.

My body was no longer mine,

My mind was yours to possess,

Every piece of me was erased by you into one jumbled mess.

Then the day came when the sky turned blue,

I finally found peace;

No more self-sabotage or believing your lies and untruths,

I set myself free from the prison of pain that you trapped me in,

Freed myself from the blows,

And the harsh words that you stuck in my brain.

I washed away the forever rain that caused dark clouds to loom,

Like shadows of pain,

Nobody heard me;

But I heard me,

I chose to leave your possessive and bruising world,

that trashed my entire being,

Human rights I started seeing;

I exchanged the forever rain for a day when the sky turned blue.

Stream of Consciousnesssocial commentaryslam poetryMental HealthinspirationalheartbreakFree VerseCONTENT WARNING
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About the Creator

Carol Townend

Fiction, Horror, Sex, Love, Mental Health, Children's fiction and more. You'll find many stories in my profile. I don't believe in sticking with one Niche! I write, but I also read a lot too.

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  • Andrea Corwin 22 days ago

    I love blue skies and love that you found your freedom underneath them!! ❣️

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