you don't own me

You don't own me anymore, them days have passed away! I get up at the crack of dawn anticipating a long day of work, just to get out of the house! At work everything is good at least on the surface. The last break comes and goes. butterflies in my stomach. Dreading what's to come. As I walk in the door there is much to be done. "I'm hungry" he says, "do laundry" he says, that doesn't include the load he woke me up at four in the morning to do, "I need my numbers played" he says, among many other things to keep me busy till night! Black eyes and bruises becoming a daily routine and hateful words that become unbearable! As I daydream of better things to come I find myself worth more than he will ever know and I smile inside! I make a choice to leave with nothing and start over to become something! Here I am doing all of the things that you would never let me do. Just to let you know, you did nothing I didn't allow you to do. I've had the power all along. It's my life and I took it back! You don't own me and you never did!