Just take a deep breath
slow yourself down
just ease the fuck off
I’ve shown you your worth.
Just fill my wants
give me more
just try harder
your needs don’t matter.
Just come when I call
be grateful for my scraps
just take what I give
go away when I don’t want you.
Why can’t you understand
why don’t you try harder
why won’t you be what I need
damn it, do this my way.
Just leave me alone
learn to obey
always put me first
know that I love you.
About Nina D'Arcangela
Nina D’Arcangela is a quirky horror writer who likes to spin soul rending snippets of despair. She reads anything from splatter matter to dark matter. She's an UrbEx adventurer who suffers from unquenchable wanderlust. She loves to photograph abandoned places, bits of decay and old grave yards.
Nina is a co-owner of Sirens Call Publications, a co-founder of the horror writer's group 'Pen of the Damned', founder and administrator of the Ladies of Horror Picture-prompt Monthly Writing Challenge, and if that isn't enough, put a check mark in the box next to owner and resident nut-job of Dark Angel Photography.
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Sotet Angyal 
December 4th, 2013 at 8:53 am
Wickedly twisted…I love the exploitation of love in this piece. It reminds me of my early relationships! Lol…
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December 10th, 2013 at 9:22 pm
This is why you shouldn’t write at 4am after 6mg’s of Klonopin! lol Thanks Jaimie, its not anything like what I usually post, but thank you for appreciating it! 🙂
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December 4th, 2013 at 1:51 pm
Reminds me of a song my cousin used to sing “I love me, you love me…oh how happy We will be Loving Me!”
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December 10th, 2013 at 9:23 pm
Oh my gosh… have I inspired you to sing Country Music? I do appologize! lol 😉
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December 4th, 2013 at 2:43 pm
That’s excellent!
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December 10th, 2013 at 9:25 pm
Thanks Paul – the product of sleep deprivation and modern science in the form of muscle relaxers. 😉
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December 4th, 2013 at 8:14 pm
that was different — do you do much poetry? Yeah I agree with comment above — sorry not myself at moment – had computer virus but fixed
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December 10th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Yes Sue, it was very different from what I usually post. Thanks for reading my drivel. 😉
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December 4th, 2013 at 8:15 pm
sorry – it was good 🙂 I forgot to say
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December 10th, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Thanks, it was crap – but I appreciate you appreciating it! 😉
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December 8th, 2013 at 3:14 pm
I appreciated the bite of anger in this prose, NIna!
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December 10th, 2013 at 9:28 pm
Yeah, well – sometimes you hit the mark, sometimes you don’t. I won’t beat myself up over a few flubs every now and then. Thanks for reading Joe, I appreciate it. 😉
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December 13th, 2013 at 11:05 am
I might use this as my wedding vows when we have a renewal ceremony. 🙂
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December 28th, 2013 at 3:06 pm
I’ll spiffy it up for you so it’ll sound more refined! 😉
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December 14th, 2013 at 8:56 pm
Wonderful piece. A look into the daily life of domestic abuse.
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December 28th, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Hi Mari! The first draft was filled with foul language, but it took away from the use of how simple thoughts and simple words pile up to cause hurt. Personally, I think it’s a dud (I’m really not good with poetry unless it’s cheeky), but I’m glad you enjoyed it. If I do rework it for Hunter’s wedding vows, it’ll be more refined, I promise… 😉
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