Recuperación

Do keep in mind,

you will never get to speak about

what you burned into me.

Like a spell, when you

cry out my name,

It will scorch your tongue.

and I will hear it.

I made it painfully clear

that I no longer wanted

to let you invade my skin.

The darkness you left inside me,

whispers softly in my head,

begging me to answer your call.

I will never wander so willingly

into your poisoned traps again.

And I vow never to let your eyes

fall on my face.

Remember when you breathe,

it’s because it’s my air you stole.

Yet, notice after everything you’ve done,

how effortlessly I move.

As if,

you were never there.

Slip back and hide into that

night when you tried to ruin me.

The shame will never hold me back.

And forever you will

only get silence from me.

by Christiane Williams-Vigil

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