b r o k e n

I think I’ve been through a lot.

Not as much as other people,

And I’m still breathing.

But I’ve heard enough screaming and

                                 door slamming and

                                 cursing.

And I’ve learned a few things.

And I think there’s something to enduring an evil:

Each time something happens, you cry a little less and

                                             you care a little less and

                                             you feel pain a little less and

                                             you speak a little less and

                                             it hurts a little less and then,

you don’t cry at all and

you don’t care at all and

you don’t feel pain at all and

you don’t speak at all and

it doesn’t hurt at all.

And you bre ak.

And you’re b r o k e n.

And the world doesn’t feel real anymore.

You’ve built a home in your thoughts

and a hole in your heart.

You cut your tongue off for certain people

      no longer trust certain people

      no longer feel safe when you sleep

      no longer able to choke up certain lies to make other people feel better

      no longer able to forgive the people who take you as a something

After they forced you to become a being of nothing

No words

No feelings

No more emotions

How is it that they can’t remember what they’ve done and they constantly do?

And if they do, how can they tell themselves that it’s right?

How do they sleep soundly

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