And the she wolf howls
and howls
and howls
and the female
the female
feels it too
under her skin
through her bones
the tremors begin
A vibration that runs
straight and true
straight and true
and through
her bones
that are howling
this is so unfair!
yet on the surface
a smile breaks
nicely
fingers wrap
neatly around the stem
as her sinew bends
but doesn’t break
Her skin
like a drum
it stretches
nearly meeting at the edges
yet she is overcome
with the need
not to let this play out like the last
time they met
just here
on the edge
So
She puts down the wine
has a glass of water
stares deeply into her reflection in the darkened kitchen window
he is beyond
the bench
the chair
all reasoning
Their children are sleeping
She instead
Uses her head
meets her own eyes
locks with them in challenge
this will not be me
not this time
I will be different
I will not explain
or
……………………
all those other things
I will merely sip water
and say
Goodnight
See you in the morning
His eyes flash a warning
but it his and to him alone
Though he doesn’t know it now
Payback is a bitch
Don’t make her one in your own home
You’ll blame her
and she won’t take it
you know it is yours to own
you can shed it
but it will come crawling
back
back
back
Because blame comes back
from whence it sprung
You can pile it at her feet
and you can blacken both her cheeks
but in the quiet
Karma thinks
and thinks
and it knows the chinks
in your armour
so it will come back faster
than you think
Because Karma is the bitch
in your own home
Paper daisies are one of my favourite flowers – beautiful and resilient. If this post has been a trigger, please get help here for family domestic violence in Australia. There are solutions and ways out, stay strong and begin finding your way.
Kate, I love reading your posts. The photos alone make it time well spent.
Hello Carol! Lovely to hear from you – I mis writers group already but will be back full of high enthusiasm in 2017 😘