Winter in Hell

Winter in Hell

The winter came without snow

No frost upon the ground

Just darkness in her bedroom

And fear without a sound

A woman held beneath his fists

Her body black and blue

He told her she was worthless

Until she thought it true

The windows held the moonlight

The walls concealed her cries

And every morning found her

With terror in her eyes

He dragged her through his anger

And threw her to the floor

Then stood above her shaking

And locked the bedroom door

The winter lived inside her

A cold she could not name

Her bruises told the story

Of his unholy shame

She learned to walk in silence

To never make a sound

For even breathing wrongly

Could bring his anger down

He kissed the wounds he'd given

And called his cruelty love

While heaven watched in silence

From somewhere far above

Her body grew so weary

Her spirit almost died

But somewhere deep inside her

A little girl still cried

One night she saw the doorway

And felt the winter air

She walked beyond his shadow

And left her sorrow there

The winter stayed behind her

Inside that house of hell

A woman once imprisoned

With stories left to tell