Poem: To Stray - Nassau, Bahamas

Why do you hurt her this way?
Why does your fist have to stray?
Why is she battered and bruised?
Why is she so confused?
She loves you, she needs you,
She has stuck by your side
after all the adversities
that you’ve both been through.
She never cheated with another lover!
She reveres you in her heart
more than her mother.
You say that you love her,
you say that you care.
You buy her gifts,
you escort her everywhere.
Why does she sometimes wake up
brown, black and blue?
Why is she stripped
like an empty box of tissue?
Why is she forced upon
after your advances were refused?
Why are you the only one who has a valid excuse?
Why does your fist have to stray?
Why do you hurt the “one” you love this way?

By Sean Ruize Edmundo Munnings
The Raga~Lover

Copyright © 2006 Sean R. Munnings, all rights reserved.