Aching touch, brittle kiss, pain filled anger

Hands. Touching, grasping, brutal, hard –

Everywhere, everywhere, can’t escape

Hard to breathe, hard to fight, starts to cry

Loving touch turned cruel with hate, beating, forcing – submit and die

Death inside. Shriveled, cold. No more smiling, shattered trust

Kill the dreams, crush the hope, nothing new will ever grow

Anger, sorrow, whispered words – comfort not the battered heart

Flesh and bone. Soon to heal. Bruises fade, blood is cleaned.

Can’t forget, all is lost, mind is broken, world askew