Ruins

Inspired by real events.

I had sex with a man once

Who pressed his lips hard to mine

Tooth to tooth

Nails down my back

Leaving trenches in my skin.

 

I had sex with a man once

Whose kisses were light lies

Like a silent shot

He pierced my heart

With no one to know

I looked down at myself

And saw the damage wrought.

 

My body had become a battlefield

And I was caught in the crosshairs

Of a terrible,

unending,

war.