hard frost
occluding the windows
melted handprint
© Rachel Green December 2022
You say you didn't mean it
and it will never happen again
and we wants to believe you.
Love can be a band-aid for abuse;
a blindfold to the red flags,
bleaching out the colour
until it becomes the white of surrender.
How many slaps before it becomes a punch?
Playful taps become kicks
and the gentle art of lovemaking
becomes a chore to be endured;
an agony to live with as infection
settles in to residence.
© Rachel Green December 2022
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