screaming and yelling
for things that cannot be undone
a raging temper, hidden under
warm flesh
heart beating at
610 miles per hour
thump thump thump
trying to drown out the yelling
focusing on an ever-increasing heart rate
focus on your breaths
sharp and quick
flared nostrils
bite my tongue
always bite my tongue
wet
something is wet
it is thick and it is red and
it is dripping from a palm
in the exact space that
nails were digging into
flesh so
that glass
would not be broken
the marks
like little crescents
smiling
and mocking
-n.c