WALK AWAY

An abusive relationship is like a loaded gun,

Keeping one is playing a game of cheating death,

How long can you play Russian Roulette?

The time to get out is before you get numb to abuse,

When you stop trying to appease your abuser,

When you stop caring about what they think or what they do,

You think you have saved your sanity,

Yet you have just set the trigger on a loaded gun,

Who will pull the trigger? 

The abuser will,

in that moment of realizing they no longer have power over you,

The abused will,

In that moment when the will to live 

becomes stronger than the fear to die,

The time to get out of an abusive relationship is before you get numb,

When you can be still and hear your heartbeat,

When you can look in the mirror and still recognize yourself,

When you can still feel the ground beneath your feet to stand up and walk away.