Holding Back Tears

you raped my soul with just one word and left behind a big black hole I was consumed with fast revenge with just one word you raped my soul your planet girl from sixty nine raided in the dark of night while stars blinked hard then fast from sixty nine, your planet girl you fast ignored my age my youth and trampled on my private room sledgehammered, old, and fraught my age my youth, you fast ignored I did not shed a single tear dry boned and tired too a stone replaced my tender heart a single tear, I did not shed. Aug. 13, 2021 For Edward Ibeh's This Or That, Vol 5 Poetry Contest Title chosen: Holding Back Tears