Please Stop That!

Screaming begins at 10 at night,
It's time for a fight again.
But all of these fights are so one-sided,
She won't fight back,
And she can't.
Not against you.

A glass is thrown;
It breaks against the wall
Into a million glittering pieces
That lay in hurtful patterns
Across the floor.
I can't help my fear;
I crawl behind the couch
And wait.

Tension thrills the air
So that if I didn't know better,
I swear that lightning would come
Striking down out of nowhere,
From the clouds of anguish
That lay thick and heavy in the air.

Footsteps tromble into the room,
Making everything around shiver
In a sympathetic dance of fear.
With a yell,
You see me...
And your foot comes flying out.

I yelp, whimper, back away,
Ears: Down.
Tail: Down.
Total submission.
Isn't that what you want?

It's not enough,
And you strike again,
A thousand lights breaking in my eyes
As though fireworks had been set off
To celebrate my pain.

Your fist goes up,
And something in it hits the light,
And gleams for a moment,
Mesmirising,
Until it hits my side
And explodes in a flurry of red.

And again.
Again.
Again.

Whimpering,
I close my eyes.
Please stop that!
I love you...