Nekky's Story

Joseph C Ogbonna

I am his punching bag,
he punches me at will,
he punches me to vent his anger,
he does so to douse his frustrations.
He tries to regulate my emotions,
he entrenches himself fastidiously
in my life's branches.

My constant battery is his love's
justification.
To him, none else could care better,
not even my own sacrificial mum.
In my secular and public life,
his raging jealousy is hardly concealed.
I am his only mood swing's spectator,
I am enslaved by regular and
suicidal threats.
I must to his own will remain subservient
for my own dear children's survival.
Not even my domestic pets are spared.
My movement is restrained, every
friend of mine is a suspect,
and my conversations are thoroughly
scrutinized.
His watchful eyes are never exhausted
by prying.
He makes my life a world of suspicion
and espionage.
My conscience is daily by blame overwhelmed.
I am worthless and hardly esteemed, and can on
none else rely.
I have no better friend or acquaintance than him.
My inferior gender is a social stigma,
hence I am closeted with his unquestionable
desires.

I must please him to the utmost
with my food, chores and body;
My meals must sate his insatiable appetite
with the very best cuisines of his choice.
My house chores must be flawless in dexterity
for his perfectionist requests to please.
At bed time my tits and body curves
must gratify and gratify his sexual proclivities,
even at my own very expense.

  • Author: Joseph C Ogbonna (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 23rd, 2023 17:52
  • Comment from author about the poem: Based on a married woman's ordeal with domestic violence
  • Category: Family
  • Views: 3
  • User favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek.
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Comments2

  • Parisab

    Heartfelt empathy for victims of violence, which are not only the women but the children as well-the multigenerational trauma goes on until teachers or oirr we is such as you unite their voices -

  • L. B. Mek

    I laud your empathy and bravery
    thank you for sharing this important words
    I hate that in my own lifetime
    with so much progress and advancements
    made
    so little has changed, about
    the true atrocities
    we perpetuate as a species
    just so wrong...



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