Your Face, His Face Poem by Melissa Elisabeth Alana

I see your face a thousand times a day,
Every time I turn my head away.
I cannot escape that image in my mind,
Your smile: twisted, cruel and so unkind.

Though you're far away from me,
My life I cannot lead so happily.
Your face it haunts me day to day,
And still the pain won't go away.

A memory locked and hidden tight,
A memory of an endless fight.
A childhood cruelly snatched away,
And still you're there every day.

Though you're far away from me,
My life I cannot lead so happily.
His face it haunts me day to day,
And still the pain won't go away

A secret from a troubled past,
A pain I know will always last.
Two faces I wish to disappear,
An end to sorrow and a lasting tear.

Though you're far away from me,
My life I cannot lead so happily.
Your face it haunts me day to day,
And still the pain won't go away

I dream of an end to this pitiful sight,
The one that haunts me every night.
A life of pain because of you,
And not forgetting, your husband too.