she's never felt hate
quite as strong as the hate
she feels when she walks through the door
her parents, watching her,
waiting, waiting,
waiting for their daughter to
b r e a k
she won't give them the pleasure,
she won't, she just won't,
so she lets them
do what they do
scratchherhitherbruiseher
at night, in the shower,
she cries, and looks down
she looks down at her skin
and she screams
she runs away, at ten
with a bag across her shoulder
and finds a friend, a good friend
she doesn't see her parents for a long time,
but for at court
and she shows them that hate
that unmatchable hate
with her eyes
