You Don't See It

BY: Layna Buskirk, Ionia High School

He is your cup of tea 
The perfect mixture of milk and black coffee 
He is so tender and sweet 
A breath of air for starving lungs 
Compared to the others. 

But he loves you
He is so tender and sweet
He is a breath of fresh air
Compared to the others
They are all dead to me

He is your favorite candy
That mix of salty and sweet
He's the first boy to meet your family
Everyone says he treats you so sweet
He is your everything

People start to notice
Don't let them see he whispers as you drift off to sleep
you wince when he moves
you cry because you're starving
Your ribs are showing

The bags under your eyes
Are permanent shadows of every time you lied
To protect someone who only causes destruction
But he is your world
Or so it seems

You're in the ER and don't know how or why
Your parents say he beats you
But you tell them thats a lie
He loves me you whisper
For your voice is to hoarse

He is gone none
Completely out of sight
But he held such love in his eyes
He prized me
He would never hurt me

But he did.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: I have a long story and I tell it through poetry. Layna Buskirk is a sophomore at Ionia High School and a member of the editorial team at MIteen Writers.

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