Deconstruct the moment when alarm blares you awake
His hands move past the hour, bedside tables quake
Wheels are churning steady as the neighbors try to sleep
Red flag signals danger--it’s getting hard to breathe
Longing, forgetting, deny yourself the peace of mind, to escape his kind
As the end approaches and it’s time to make your move, follow truth
Don’t look back
When his tantrums shake the air, you quiver in the wake
Of flimsy accusations that seek to dominate
Shattered mugs of coffee, a gear shift in your back
Your bruises feel his eyes on you, he cannot take them back
Longing, forgetting, deny yourself the peace of mind, to escape his kind
As the end approaches and it’s time to make your move, follow truth
Don’t look back
Landlord’s getting worried, ma’am is everything okay
Your words diffuse the circumstance as humor comes to play
Broken lamps and brooms are trashed, the blood is scrubbed away
Your walls beholding secrets through holes his fists have made
Longing, forgetting, deny yourself the peace of mind, to escape his kind
As the end approaches and it’s time to make your move, follow truth
Don’t look back
In dreams you stand empowered behind the kitchen chair
Fronting for the baby’s sake, you secretly prepare
Ghost wounds will remind you of your mortality
They say the highest danger is the moment that you leave
Longing, forgetting, deny yourself the peace of mind, to escape his kind
As the end approaches and it’s time to make your move, follow truth
Don’t look back
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