The Other Side of the Door

*singing*
You are my sunshine…
My lovely sunshine,
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away.

She works a nine to five and walks slowly to the elevator.
As the doors close, her mind races on the next time she will find solace in the woes of an office clerk.
She runs to the car and races to the kids. The clock read 6:00 pm and she is already 10 mins late.
She grabs the kids and runs through the door to begin her evening duties.
She whips up a pot roast with carrots, rice, cabbage, some home-made biscuits and a sweet and savory pound cake for dessert.
She arranges the nourishment on the table to be received by the king.
He was, as always, on time and ready for his nightly feast.
He ate with a look of satisfaction with a hint of disgust.

She fears the after dinner ritual and she prolongs the feast as long as she could.
She clears the table and readied the children for their evening rest.

Next Scene...

The door closed and she began to cry.
He has resurfaced and she has to feel the wrath of the beast that lives within him.
He hits her and she falls to her knees.
He pounded upon her crown and caused her to assume a submissive stance.
She has been taught not to weep and to succumb to the treatment that she received as she is the wife and is to be submissive to her husband.
Internally she is dying and he is the repeated offender that continually strips her being of their vitals.
Tonight is the night where she will lose the battle.
Tonight is the night were she will no longer exist and will forever be a child’s memory.
Tonight is the night where that blow to the head, that smack to the face, that push down the stairs, that kick in the back will claim her life and drastically change her seeds.

Tonight we say “Good Bye” to her.

*singing*
You are my sunshine…
My lovely sunshine,
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You’ll never know dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away.
*song fades out*

~Blaque ƸӜƷ (Butterfly)