Black Eye Poem by Alison Mujati

Black Eye

Rating: 4.8


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.

Friday, November 13, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: hurt
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Deluke Muwanigwa 14 November 2020

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

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Alison mujati 15 November 2020

Deluke you have become my perfect fan, thank you pal

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Bernard F. Asuncion 17 November 2020

A well executed poem of the day. Truly heartfelt. Congrats on your featured piece.....5 stars*****

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Sarah Persson 17 November 2020

A wonderful poem of tragic circumstances. Congratulations on poem of the day.

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Sylvia Frances Chan 17 November 2020

CONGRATULATIONS being chosen as The Member Poem Of The Day. Hooray! 5 Stars full vote. On behalf of the milliards women who have been abused, are abused and still being abused. A very touching poem, excellently worded and very convincing, mostly based upon true occurrences in own life. The first experiences started with ourselves, no? A brilliant thought-provoking poem, I enjoyed reading the scintillating words. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Caleb Swanapoel 08 January 2021

Man art is good but painful feeling, a good combination altogether

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Mahtab Bangalee 17 November 2020

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*******

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Hannatu Adamu 17 November 2020

Oh my God! Absolutely shocking, captivating imagery. Well-done!

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Kevin Patrick 17 November 2020

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.

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Edward Kofi Louis 17 November 2020

" 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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