After Twelve Years

After twelve years

of calling him names every day,

After twelve years

of putting him down,

After twelve years

of hitting him,

After twelve years

of insulting him,

After twelve years

of bruising him,

inside and out,

After twelve years

of making him cry,

After twelve years

of telling his secrets,

After twelve years

of saying I hate him

After twelve long years

of battleing with him

every single day,

holiday or not,

it still hurt

when he said

he hated me.