You are a woman, in love with a man
He tells you you're amazing, and that ge loves you more than anything
And he must be telling the truth
He would never lie

He has secrets
Everyone does
But it's nothing horrible
He's human, but not a monster

He loves you, he says
But he often is drunk
He hits you, but you know it's your fault
You know not to talk to him like that

He has a little daughter
You try to keep her safe
She's too young to understand
And she could get hurt badly

One day his daughter slips up
She mentions that her father is still married
He finds out, and you don't see his daughter again
He tells you that she lied, but you don't think so

You tell him that he's the liar
And you know what happened next
It's a cycle
You mess up, you get hurt

Every
Single
Time
Like clockwork

As it happens, you're too numb to care
You were just a mistress
He abused you, but you were just his mistress
As he left, you looked in the mirror

Your face was bruised and bloody
That wasn't unusual
You reached out to the mirror, thought on your mind
His poor wife