Face of Cold Glass
the mirror warped at the sight of her distorted face
condensed tears spoke louder than thundering words
‘swoosh’ and down went another part of her soul
tore apart the bevelled edges and smeared her grin
a window paned groaned when it reflected the image
mould began to ache at the frame of moist darkness
‘follow me to the heart of despair and you must listen’
but the cacophony only heightened the sense of foul smell
stench oozed from margins of trance and transcended
purulent voices shouted at scars to rejoice and applaud
screams hammered the nails into her flesh at the cross
reverie to nightmares dazed a suspended anticipation
of fear hallucinating cobwebs in apathetic labyrinths
mazed anger disguised as sorrow as they cut into flesh
once a sweet passion fruit now rusty corrosion splashed
her skin and pierced hope as it uttered ‘don’t let me go’
a silent and frightening retreat unfastened a dream catcher
lost bare threads falling on deaf ears blasted delusions
small feathers of resolve budged under duress and floated
until her looking glass shattered into one hundred pieces
the shards screeched unwilling to form a mosaic of relief
resembled her broken façade lacerated skin and reflections
and yet somehow the sensation felt like a puncture of dread
the childhood princess had reached rock bottom and wept
‘do not hurt me Daddy I am immaculate and innocent’
‘Mom why don’t you protect me with unblemished care’
yet bleeding into night terror and sheets only wet his abuse
until she realized she was the victim and not guilty or at fault
when she grasped fragments of recollections and scraps
aimed the splinters at where they came from and sliced
into her parents’ evil rape of her vulnerable juvenescence
they died a painful death and she finally imagined a future
01st November 2020
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