In Their Dreams

She never saw the abusive person
Until the welts on her kids showed up
Now she lives with his threatening gestures
And the slaps meant to
Shut her up
Now in her dreams
She can stop him breathing
In her dreams
Her knife cuts through his neck
Around the house
There’s a mounting tension
Shd keeps the gun from
Her purse at home
What was love’s in
A new dimension
Inside herself there’s peace
Alone
Now in her dreams
There’s a neat solution
In her dreams
He admits his guilt
In her dreams
He seeks out counseling
In her dreams
No one needs to be killed
She wants to drown him
She’d like to cut his hand’s off
Electrocute him
Only turn the power off
When he’s sunny side up
While he worked
She withdrew their money
Lit a match
Let the memories burn
She took the kids
And kept on driving
All she knows
Is they won’t return
Now in his dreams
He controls his anger
In his dreams
He protects the kids
In his dreams
He can stop her leaving
In his dreams
He can live through
All of this