Leave (poem – to the battered and abused)

Poetry

When they’re willing to hurt you,
Rather than heal themselves.
Minimize and avoid and dodge,
Hate themselves and treat you the same.

Receive all the blame for pain,
Become Christ’s sacrificial flesh.
Pinned up on his wall like a butterfly,
Only admirable to them if you’re dead.

Vampiric presence drains my blood,
Young maiden prized for her beauty.
Offering tenderness and pierced by fangs,
Fooled by her bleeding foolish heart.

Waging a crusade against you,
Holy war to destroy your sense of self.
Love yourself enough to leave,
Cleanse yourself of the father’s sins.

Blink (poem)

Poetry

Eyes start to water,
Vision becomes blurry.
Misunderstood image,
Camera obscura.

Longing for clarity,
Yet change might emerge.
Loss within the churn,
Halted by anxiety.

Slowly turn blind,
Paralysis in stasis.
Extraneous eyeballs,
Curse of sight.

Shut the eyelids,
Tears stream down.
Dare not look out,
See a new world.