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Drowning in the fall

My body now seizes,

it smashes against the wall.

Probably trying to fight off

the memory of what you did to me last fall.

Your hands wrapped 'round my throat

trying to take my life from within.

I didn't give up without a fight,

the tiles make contact with my chin.

Your body weight on top of mine

and I cannot get free.

You're pressing so hard on my windpipe

and it's getting hard to see.

You don't want me to take a breathe

and that is evident now.

How I got out from under you,

I really don't know how.

But every time I look in the mirror

I see those marks around my neck.

And even when I know the doors are locked

I still double check.