Broken. Body.

Your hand falls talon like in shadow across the wall

I cower away from it hunched and frightened for my life in your rage

The slap resides and stings my cheek, unlike the drunken scowl across your face

That shadowed hand closes around my wrist and pulls me up

Only to slam me against the same wall I cowered beside in vain to allude you

My screams pierce through your mind and make you mad; you silence me with your fist

I don’t know how much more of this I can take; you drop me to the floor

I lay crumpled and broken no longer able to see anymore

My eyes softly closed releasing tears of pain you tower over me

I can’t make a sound anymore now I am incapable of speech

Blood and bruises cake my face and matt my hair and swell my eyes so I cannot see

My body lies broken and empty are your feet

You kick me over and haul me up; pressured against the wall you pressure my throat

The life and breath leaves my body and I prey to go to a better place.