Emotional Abuse

"I've broken the cycle!"
He loudly declares,
While silently pounding
Another hatefilled nail in her palm.
"I've never hit you, and I never will!"
He triumphantly cries,
As he pierces her side
With a silent spear of anger.
"I'm not like my father!",
He boastfully brags,
As he raises her battered soul
On the lover's cross called
Emotional abuse.