i am being asked
by my past abuser’s
current abusée
to protect her identity
to forget he told me she
hit him and pretend
like i don’t know
she woke him up
yelling and screaming
like she used to
attack me,
drunk and wrathful,
a fury in her eyes
(pain, pain)
being expressed directly
onto us in searing violence
and demolition
i do not show up
to this dynamic
i do not hide what
i know and see
i am getting frustrated
with his guilty texts,
though i know they
come from fear
(sympathy, dear, sit
with it, you are not
obligated to respond
immediately) i refuse
to protect those who
cause harm to myself
and others at the expense
of denying my truth
and healing in the ways
we need and deserve
and so it is, blessed be
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