It hurts here
she said,
tiny fingers
in vice grip,
trembled white,
clenched to her chest.

here?

Gasping brown eyes
hissed!
Brimmed,
vibrated shame,
shuddered fear.

It screams here,
recoil and rock
as arms clasp
above head,
demeanor fetal,

fatal expression
of pained echo
resounded,
freckled skin chafed
by tears bled.

You left me!
I hate you!
I hate you…
beating bellows
into my heart

as I tried to hold,
to contain,
to absorb
her perfidy
of feeling safe.