‘REFLECTIONS’ ORIGINAL POETRY BY MARY DAVID
DOUBLE EDGED you wicked slug
then
you taught me how to
you demand I be assertive
with the brusque, rough hands of a butcher you
Fail
to anyone outside the home
unceremoniously throw what's left of me
you blamed me for it
yet indoors
into the arena
Gaslighter, Gaslighter,
to the crowds,
you tie me to the stake of subservience
and then
that's all you know. demanding to see before you a Gladiator damning me
All the things I learned about strength and winning
if I don't win with
Are from answered prayers
the most fanfare
that I become
> Volume
and thickest blood
nothing
> Tone
on my hands.
Castrate my personality pluck off the petals of my voice
you.
> Inflection > Pitch
Where was I to learn how to be anything but
> Gestures
prey,
> Mannerisms
like
deferential asphyxiate my independence.
at the mere hint of adversity?
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