by Persephone Leonard
Eyes
I’ve looked into the eyes of evil,
Dilated, black pupils,
Erasing earth brown,
As he shoved the pill,
Into my mouth,
And held me down,
His face faded ‘round the edges of my memories,
But clearly, I see spittle fly,
Disdain soaking twilight skies,
My innocence a sacrifice
Echo
Huge Cumulus Clouds on the Horizon, Look more like snow-capped mountaintops
today,
The way they stretch, to meet the green Plains, and
the burning asphalt,
Beneath the bare feet of a girl, Her mouth so full of questions for God,
Like, How could you let this happen, Her
voice
echoes back on the wind
Flick
With a flick of his wrist, And the swish of his belt,
I split apart,
One world into...
Thousands
And
Was
no
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