Realization

Feet dragging through mud,

Body limp and useless,

Used too many times

For anyone to love-

 

Hands reaching out to

Help her! Help her!

But she got what she asked for-

 

Enveloped in a cocoon of manipulation,

Blindfolding her gullible heart;

Breaking through the chrysalis

Was harder than she thought-

But the horrifying clarity now suppresses her.

 

His smile distorts his face,

Masking the meaning of his words

Like a lampshade;

They are dimmer, but the brightness

Still reaches out to claw her eyes,

His disembodied voice pours in her ears

Just as harshly.

Ignore, ignore, ignore the grating

And laugh-

 

Laugh at the notion

That anything escaping

That black hole of a mouth

Holds any significance-

 

Any value;

Because when it is

Delved into, there is nothing

On the other end.