Broken nails scratch, at broken skin

Rough hands grip dangerously tight

And her eyes

They speak grief, they speak her lovely fear

Selfish pleasure directs his movements

His forced pleasure is far from pleasurable

So she moved stiffly, steadily

Unpleasant hands gripping her short brown hair

And he makes love to her manikin of a body

Tears drip from her eyes

As his last few thrusts shove him inside of her

And he pulls out, watching himself drip out of her and tears do the same

Taking a fistful of her hair, he yanks he back to pat her cheek roughly

Leaving behind red roses in her cheeks

He Dresses casually, stirring up small talk, unbothered by her shivering skin and bone of a body

After lacing his shoes carefully, he leaves without a word

She drags herself to the floor

Where a ripped, stained, sheet lies on the concrete

The one he had thrown at her the night he snatched her

And her tears will dry as she sleeps, leaving crystals of salt attached to her still rosy cheeks

Now when she wakes, she will wash it all away

For him

For the only love she can remember

 

 

 

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