MONSTER, NOT A MAN

By ERICA CRIQUE
COPYRIGHT: 12-20-2006


IN OTHER'S EYES THEY SEE A MAN
WITH GREAT INTEGRITY,
A MAN WITH PRIDE,
ONE WHO STANDS BY HIS FAMILY'S SIDE,
LITTLE DO THEY KNOW  YOU'RE ALL
ABOUT LIES,
PROTECTING YOURSELF YOU REMAIN,
WHILE YOUR WIFE'S SOUL DIES,
YOU HAVE SO MUCH TO HIDE AND SO
DOES SHE,
WHAT WOULD EVERYONE THINK
IF THEY FOUND OUT HER LIFE WAS FULL
OF MISERY,
NO ONE'S PITY IS GREATER THEN HER
OWN FOR YOU,
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME,
HIT AFTER HIT SHE ENDURED FROM YOU,
BUT WHAT IS A CRIME, YOU SEE IT AS
FINE,

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, SHE CAN'T TAKE IT
ANYMORE,
YOUR OWN WIFE YOU HAVE THE NERVE
TO CALL HER A WHORE,
FROM YOUR HANDS SHE'S FELT
AND YOUR WORDS SHE'S CRIED,
SAVING A MARRIAGE IS NOT WORTH
HAVING A BLACK EYE,
YOU'RE A MONSTER IN DISGUISE, THE
WORST KIND ,
SHE WANTS OUT,
BUT SHE HAS TO THINK OF THREE OTHER  
LIVES,
YEAH, YOUR KIDS, THE ONES WHO SEE IT
ALL,
FROM THE TAUNTING, TO THE HOLES IN
THE WALL,
GROWING UP WILL NOT BE EASY,
AND THAT SHE KNOWS IS TRUE,
FOR SHE'S SEEN IT ALL TOO,
IT'S NOT THE LIFE SHE WANTS SO SHE
MUST DECIDE TODAY,
WILL SHE LEAVE OR WILL SHE STAY,
SHE WILL NOT LEAVE HER LIFE IN YOUR
HANDS,
YOU ARE A MONSTER NOT A MAN.