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Published: 2007-12-21 05:10:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 191; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 0
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SubstituteSlap me in the face
Leave without a trace
Kick me in the back
Try to break my neck
It will only prove to me
What I've been knowing secretly
You won't break my heart
I was prepared right from the start
I'm perfectly aware of the fact
That you'll never show me respect
I'm your favourite punching bag
Hardly more than a good shag
I'm just a substitute for her
It's something I have to bear
Shove me out of the door
Leave me lying on the floor
Come yell into my ear
Make me shed a tear
It will only reconfirm
That I'm not more than a worm
You won't kill my ego
I've know it all long ago
Been warned by others before
That it's only her you'll ever adore
I'm your favourite punching bag
The one equal to a human gag
I'm just a substitute to you
And there's nothing I can do
Make good fun of me
Then just let me be
Go ahead and leave
Really make me grieve
It will only emphasize
That your compliments were all lies
You won't make me despair
'Cause this is my fair share
It's plain for everyone to see
That I've got no choice but to agree
I'm your favourite punching bag
Among your clothes I am the rag
I'm just a substitute forever and ever
There's nothing more I'll ever endeavour
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Comments: 6
Hey Devika. I thought I'd pass along part of the conversation I've been having with Brendan.
For me, poetry, as well and more so than any art form, should move or still the soul of the viewer/reader, in some way. This particular one has the same effect on me, as I had to survive parents with a similarly twisted relationship. There's a lot of dynamic invloved. But in the long run I've learned from the experience and have grown to be a better person for it.
Just thought I'd let you know.
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thanks so much for putting in your two cents, my friend! it's always interesting to hear whether and how people associate with what i write.
sad to hear though that you've been through this shit too...
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"Is it that the victim in one way or the other uncosciously asks for the abuse or is it just the morbid way of life of the abusers or plain fate?" I think.. "the morbid way of life of the abusers" *because* we should all be allowed to control our own fate, and the victim a very high percentage of the time, doesn't ask to be abused, used, and thrown away like a used tissue. I too have seen people.. People close to me, be used and abused by someone and this poem.. It made me cry.. The power of words, amazing.
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thank you so much for your input. it's interesting to hear your opinion on it. like you, i have witnessed those things and tend to agree.
thanks a lot also for the praise and the fave, i truly appreciate it!
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*grins* I appreciate your appreciation.
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