Broken

I said yes when you proposed to me,

If only I knew where it was headed,

I mistook those hungry glances for earnest looks,

Angry eyes, taunt muscles, throbbing veins,

I chalked it all up to mood swings,

That resounding slap you gave me,

Over something so trivial,

I thought it was just a one-time thing,

That punch in the face over the burnt meal,

Was concealed from the eyes of society,

Those welt marks on my back,

Were thought of as a mistake,

Bruises marring my body,

Are enough proof of the monster you are,

Yet I hoped against hope,

That you would turn over new leaf,

But when you forced me that night,

You broke me from inside.