She Hurt Herself

By SilentStalker

She hurt herself again today;
Again I asked her why.
For when I saw her torn like this,
A part of me would die.

But she'll just look back silently-
A look I've known too long;
In muffled voice and pouty lips,
She'd say that nothing's wrong.

And just like all the times before,
I'll never let it go;
Demanding answers to questions
I should already know.

And at her grave I realized,
So long I've failed to see;
She hurt herself to dull the pain-
The pain she'd get from me...

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Copyright 2005 Darun Ferguson
Published on Saturday, February 12, 2005.     Filed under: "Abuse" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: oh my, you are good... ~A~

  • CrestfallenTears On Sunday, October 2, 2005, CrestfallenTears (17)By person wrote:

    Oh wow, this is soo good. I love it.

  • A former member wrote: thats wow, im speechless, i love the ending to the poem...

  • A former member wrote: Incredible, man. HEAVY!

  • tormentedsoul666 On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, tormentedsoul666 (74)By person wrote:

    WOW...this is amazing i can see why you are DP royalty...ts666

  • SilentStalker On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, SilentStalker (1047)By person wrote:

    ...heh, thanks, but apparently, writing skills have absolutely nothing do do with the Royalty status, else there'd be many more on the level...believe me, I don't compare to some writers here; DPmail me for a list of 'em... Scholar

  • Lynaes On Thursday, April 21, 2005, Lynaes (854)By person wrote:

    God damn, those last four lines.. Gut wrenching to say the least.. seriously awesome work, Darun. Jesus..

  • so_skeevy On Saturday, March 19, 2005, so_skeevy (64)By person wrote:

    well, im reading it again and once again, i love it. Awesome job

  • so_skeevy On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, so_skeevy (64)By person wrote:

    wow that was awesome. Definelty one of my favorites ive read. Keep writing i loved it.

  • The Crimson Queen On Tuesday, March 15, 2005, The Crimson Queen (917)By person wrote:

    oh geez...i know this feeling..well done!! *FAVES*

  • physicalgraffiti On Friday, March 11, 2005, physicalgraffiti (56)By person wrote:

    holy shit. this is so incredible. the technique is flawless. thank you so much for the chills up my spine.

  • Lotophagi On Friday, March 11, 2005, Lotophagi (333)By person wrote:

    beautiful... stunning piece that twists my innards with barbed wire. Thank you.

  • Malice In Wonderland On Sunday, March 6, 2005, Malice In Wonderland (976)By person wrote:

    oh jesus, Darun... Scholar

  • Angst Queen On Thursday, February 24, 2005, Angst Queen (370)By person wrote:

    Wow...this...is definatly not what I'm used to from you, but wow, Darun, this is heartbreaking

  • A former member wrote: this makes me mope. thats crushing. what happened to horror flicks?! this is really awesome though. its from the other side of the street, not like normal writes. you amaze me.

  • Emptyness Inside Me On Friday, February 18, 2005, Emptyness Inside Me (171)By person wrote:

    so sad and so tragic, excellent job darun, flows so smoothly great job ~Emptyness~

  • A former member wrote: for fear of being redundant let us just pretend that my comment is a combination of all those comments below me....but at the same time refreashing and original with a smiley face at the end :)

  • Dei On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, Dei (663)By person wrote:

    THis hurts to read... because ive been on both sides. and im not sure which hurts worse...

  • Alacer_Cogitatus On Sunday, February 13, 2005, Alacer_Cogitatus (140)By person wrote:

    ive felt this before. it hurts tremendasly. A_C

  • yslehc On Sunday, February 13, 2005, yslehc (334)By person wrote:

    how depressing....

  • nightshade On Saturday, February 12, 2005, nightshade (118)By person wrote:

    sex is usually right i wasn't expecting that last line this one brought tears to my eyes it makes me think of some of my own issues you should frame this one and give to all those people who abuse their spouses

  • nightshade On Saturday, February 12, 2005, nightshade (118)By person wrote:

    i don't usualy comment much but darun you're grat at evoking feelings and images with your words `night

  • A Broken Soul On Saturday, February 12, 2005, A Broken Soul (80)By person wrote:

    amen to that. if only what you realized could be realized by people in my life... awesome write. i absolutely love it! ^Autumn^

  • GraySky On Saturday, February 12, 2005, GraySky (15)By person wrote:

    Beautiful.

  • K_Love On Saturday, February 12, 2005, K_Love (525)By person wrote:

    Every word hit me like bricks, this was incredible beautiful but heartwrencing all at the same time. Intense, indeed. Well written and well said.

  • LovelyAssassinx On Saturday, February 12, 2005, LovelyAssassinx (151)By person wrote:

    Wonderful poem. sad but amazing. ~Unlucky

  • purr_verse On Saturday, February 12, 2005, purr_verse (1052)By person wrote:

    extremely well done. deceptively simple but in fact very insightful, reflective and sad. Great metre too.

  • Sticky Kitty On Saturday, February 12, 2005, Sticky Kitty (241)By person wrote:

    nice -kitty

  • DoctorAsh On Saturday, February 12, 2005, DoctorAsh (371)By person wrote:

    very nice home chicken

  • Six-Out On Saturday, February 12, 2005, Six-Out (1423)By person wrote:

    I was going to come and leave my normal shit talking comment. But yea. I just have to go to another page now...

  • Elise On Saturday, February 12, 2005, Elise (187)By person wrote:

    Wow Darun. This is so sad. Intense wording. A great read from begining to end.

  • sIo On Saturday, February 12, 2005, sIo (898)By person wrote:

    this was amazing. favs as well.

  • A former member wrote: wow, amazing...this is goin in my favorites. ~siren~

  • A former member wrote: ok well it would if i could figure out a way to do it...*feels like a moron* :/

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