Torn Apart and Bruised

Torn Apart and Bruised
Defenseless and Confused.
Like a child she seems
So innocent, so quiet, and scared.
When confronted by her friend,
She refuses to admit or to give in.
She lets him continue with his torment
She is afraid, but not for herself,
She fears for her two young children.
Wondering what will happen each day,
And if they will make it thru the next one OK.
He controls her like a puppet,
Keeping her in fear, so he has a guarantee
That she will never leave
Or turn him in to the authorities.
He treats her like garbage,
Like she is a nobody
He tells her she was a mistake,
That she should not be here.
Beaten everyday,
Both physically and mentally abused
She is torn apart and is bruised.
She continues to pray for some relief, some help
Some courage, something (anything)
That will end this nightmarish Hell
Or change him back to the person he once was.
Each day he is angry and it grows as time goes by.
Each day he takes that anger out on those all around.
His children, scarred for the rest of their lives
They are forced to live with the same abuse.
Till a day finally came after so many years
When the youngest boy was being beaten.
The older brother, Now almost a man,
(so full of hatred) and fed up, steps in.
Shielding his brother,
He stands up to his father and his abusive hand
Telling him eye to eye,
"You won't hurt us anymore".
His fathers only reply (So full of anger )
Was with a swing of his arms across his son's face
With a bat he had in his hands that day.
His son slouched, then fell to the floor
As did his father on his knees,
Realizing what he had just done.
He had tears in his eyes and such sorrow in his heart.
For one he seemed sorry for all he had ever done,
But it was too late, It had gone to far.
He had killed his own son.
The police came and took him away,
While his victims (his wife and son),
Shedding their tears for so many reason looked on.
They cried for they new at last they were free.
Paid the price of their so loved son and brother,
They won't suffer anymore
And they are free from him once and for all.
Its just so sad that for all this to end
That the boy had to die.
The family that is left will never be the same.
For they are now free but they have been
Torn apart and Bruised for life.