Abuse

Being a woman in a world of misunderstanding the basics of abuse
was traumatizing from the beginning...

I was 15 when I told you about me,
You punched me when I told you about me,
You choked me...

Bruised and bloody,
It's sad and not funny,
But we'll laugh as we both try to displace the...

Flash
Flash
You should feel
Ashamed
Flash
Flash
Your camera...

Snap.
It’s for your own good.
Snap snap.
You could’ve avoided this.
Snap snap...

I remember
When all I had to protect myself from
Were the monsters
Under my bed...

I refuse to eat
Biscuits and Gravy
I'll punch you in the jaw
If you slide up and call...

The Devil’s Skin

Oh, how I long to thrill the throngs with poetic flights of fancy...

I am lost
Lost on you
Pearls before Swine
A taker of my time.

Subtlety is not...

He whispered words I longed to hear,
And echoed all my dreams,
I felt so strong and powerful...

He left the front door
Slamming closed
Wasted in the life
He chose

His little...

Comparing your wrongs to mine,
It's just a waste of your time.
You have no business judging...

Up and down
then backwards glancing
At the affair gone viral.
In media terms
...

I feel like I excelled
at being homeless
my first temporary shell
was with my first...

The storm was created by you
I tried to shelter but I never could
You were supposed to...

My eyes puffy, burning from the wipes. I had to wipe the tears away and blow my nose/ my face feels like...

Snap.
It’s for your own good.
Snap snap.
You could’ve avoided this.
Snap snap...