Watch, Wince, Repeat

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She lies

Bruises easy

A fall she can't recall

She lives in fear; she dies within

Silence.

................................................

Daughter

She sees it all

Can't wait to leave this house

She weds a man who hits like Dad

Repeat.



submitted for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads, Today We Scream
and d'Verse Poets Pub, Poetics, An Evening of Short Verse