Written in 1997
I lay here,
Battered and broken,
My eyes gazing up
At the cloudless sky
As if I were a corpse,
As if you'd killed me.
Laying here battered and broken,
I realize something:
A piece of me is dead.
It died with each punch,
Kick, bite, and scratch
That you delivered.
It died slowly,
And took my love with it.
Author notes
Written February 28th, 2005

