He winks at me and I cut it all off
brusquely
I am not who you think I am
I am not some submissive human
who will cook you the perfect breakfast
and then walk with you arm and arm in the park
I am not your trophy
I cut it all off and swear off
men like him
I meet another
who likes my short hair
but I cut it all off anyways
he is wrong
he is not perfect
he is
and I am dropped
plummeting
land
bruised
black and blue
i get up and keep running
and I couldn’t see the bruises then
I can now
and there is a heaviness in my heart
why so hard?
and so unseeing?
why so?
now I pause
as I lie on the ground
and breathe into the pain
I am hurt
I get up
holding my bruised heart
and carefully
step forward.
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