How I wonder why
One’s heart could hurt another
From the deepest part
Of the soul

And why the love instead
Of being human
Was disguised as loveless
Monsters

Where words cut deeper
Than knives sharpened
On my bones

And her screaming voice
Echoing off the walls
Of my hollow being

For each remark ripped deeper
The hole my life was left in
Became buried beneath
My anxious burdens

My mind a breathless wonder
Struggling for air
In her cruel whispers
Of insults in my ear

Windows shaken, walls broken
A pile of clothes on the stairs
How does a soul hold secrets
While the screams leave unseen
Bruises

And with each passing day
They grow fainter
But restless scars left
Beneath my skin

Will one day fade
Like memories of sadness
That will ever quake
On my broken soul