By Melodie Clarke
Survive
Looking out the darkness
His harsh whispers terrorizing
You through that shattering hour
Survive
Bruises on skin
Blooming like
A repulsive flower
Survive
Holding in your tears until
You thought your head
Would explode with the pain
Survive
Ignoring the insults
The curses until there
Was only the echo
Of their words
Lingering in the air
Survive
Biding time until
Escape became available
Survive
Like the blood flowing
Down your neck from
The cold steel blade
Slicing through skin
Like tissue paper
Survive
To survive the evil
Perpetuated against you
Until you can leave
Survive
Until you can leave
The evil that coats
Your skin like oil
Floating on the water
Survive
Survive until you
Can live in the light
The brightness of the day
Leaving the darkness behind
Survive