Can He Not See?

• Grace Barratt, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2010

He says it’s over

He says we’re not friends

But i won’t accept that this is the end

I keep fighting, hoping desperately that my words will mend

He comes back, acting like it never happened

10 minutes later, the same old pattern

Talking and laughing, everything’s fine

Then he lashes out again, saying this is the end of the line

The cycle continues, again and again

Every time saying, we’re not friends

How long will this go on?

Can he not see what he’s doing is wrong?

What do I do, when I’ve done everything possible?

While when he’s abusing me, he’s virtually unstoppable

According to him, there can only be one way

If he can’t have me like that, then he will never stay.