Black Eye Poem by Alison Mujati
Black Eye
My painful flesh mechanism
Feels like tiredness from hard work
Swollen eye, results of thorough bash.
Clenched fists completed the chore
A heavyweight champ celebrates victory.
Hardcore practicing on a defenceless woman
Pothole pools of blood adorn the floor
One more trial would formulate a river
Name my crimes one after the other.
Silence solves not my agony
Marijuana smell chokes me
I resent alcohol to death
With them I'd seen red
Something for change
Without them I've known peace
Look how haggish I've become.
My appearance oppose my real age
I'm called with elderly names
What a shame within my age group folks?
The weep ravaged me black and blue
I know no peace trying to remember countless scars over my skin
I see you smile sometimes looking at me
Never seen shame in your bullish eyes
I feign in fear the beast in you may return
A marriage is no boxing ring
A marriage is no politics of scorpion king
A marriage is no story of traumatized wife
A marriage is a definitionof pure love and peace
I hate husband phobia
I hate multiple scars
I hate this black punched eye.
A heartfelt empathy described here, loved the following lines: 'Hardcore practicing on a defenceless woman' - aptly describes the abominable, savage act. 'I feign in fear the beast in you may return' - Detestable! Congratulations on your poem's selection as the 'Member Poem of the Day'!
Thanks sis and stay safe. Write more poems so we know you are safe
I see you smile sometimes looking at me Never seen shame in your bullish eyes I feign in fear the beast in you may return great poem. tony
Man art is good but painful feeling, a good combination altogether
A marriage is no boxing ring A marriage is no politics of scorpion king A marriage is no story of traumatized wife A marriage is a definition of pure love and peace/// excellently expressed in this stanza about the marriage and it's characteristics; though sometimes I feel the marriage is the torture cell of two independent minds yet here it feels that mutual understanding can make this marriage heaven; congrats for being selected this poem as POD..........5*******
Oh my God! Absolutely shocking, captivating imagery. Well-done!
A painful and hear-rendering read, no human being should ever have to suffer the pain and abuse and indignities of this kind, especially from someone who is suppose to love you. This is not just a poem but a horror story of suffering, I wish this is a cruel fiction but the reality is to easy to bare. Thank you Alison, I wish you safety and happiness.
" A defenceless woman" ! Be very strong with the truth! ! ! Never give up on your dreams! No matter the odds. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
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12/6/2025 7:42:24 PM # 1.0.0
Great poem full of emotion. I hope though you write on behalf of the thousands of abused women and not about yourself. Because sis if this is your situation cut loose and let the monster go. If he doesnt want you we do here on PH