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Living through the amber stained shot-glass

Donna Sue May 1961 (Missouri)

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Living through the amber stained shot-glass...
I never thought a person could get lost in a space so small...
But I loved someone who learned that the bottom was as bottomless as a well.

That sent him to a place...
like, well...
Hell.

I never wanted to see it happen to my best and only friend...
But you must understand that the stains on the glass...

Left my blood all over Him and his hands.

Hate him, I can't...
But love is a vague memory...
Because the true living love had been beat out of me.


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Donna Sue Myers - May

About this poem

This was a month in a domestic violence shelter. After fiance was arrested. Writing this was real therapy.

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Written on November 24, 2004

Submitted by donnasmay61 on May 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXB XBB XA X XCC XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 539
Words 122
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2
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Donna Sue May

17 years ago. I woke up after 82 days of beatings... in a row. I found my out and ran. But, I returned time and time again. But I prosecuted in court I didn't have to even talk. And he, the love of my life... Got 7 years in medium security prison. Domestic Violence is a crime against all of the real love, true love. more…

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