Unbreakable plate shattered

over my head

Split lip scar 

Mirror stares 

Back handed presence  

Overshadows saving face

Saving …Grace

Where are you now?

Told me from the start 

I never wanted you

If I could’ve run 

I would

But instead was petrified 

in your occasional arms 

Glued to your hip like a side piece in the blinds 

Clack clack

Caw

Boom

Bow and arrow 

Strapping young buck 

Chasing tale

Field dressing

Undressing 

Railed in a row boat 

Gun rack above the bed

Shoved her head 

through the sheet rock

Strung up by the ankles

Sliced from end to end 

Bled across the forest floor

And your brothers fingers

No beast nor fawn was safe 

Kissing me

Kidding me

Dirty jokes and the latest scientific discoveries

It’s all in your head 

Bed in the closet 

Kids under my wings

You’re raging again

Paper thin walls thundering 

Between muffled fairy tales

His claws clutching at the bedroom screen

The monsters are real

Dont scream

Wait till he’s asleep 

Clean up the mess

Pissed in the sheets

Puked on the floor

Blame the dog

Mouth glued to the bathroom faucet 

To drown cortisol 

Bless me father 

For his brother 

Has sinned on me again

Unholy vessel for their madness 

Smiling stranger in the daylight

Who’s that girl?

Not the one you said

Baby bump

Blowing lines

While she made buckets and cups 

Said it could never happen 

Unwanted 

Some miracle she turned out to be 

When that last lion was pacing the cage 

Told her repeatedly 

You’re gonna die alone

Pattern recognition

familiar violence feels like love

It should come as no surprise 

Nothing has changed~

Baby Bumpkin, baby bump, bump on a log, bump in the road; the last of which we wish to thank for the inspiration. Happy trails Magic Shoes xo