How Long Does Dying Love Take

I watched as she seemed to wretch away when his fingers touched her skin The petrol drizzled flowers and past due chocolates to pay for every bruise how many never agains were too much another drunken lurch bruises elevated to breaks His key in the door my mothers involuntary shakes I remember when she could raise her eyes above the horizon line i remember when her dead doll eyes had an inward shine I will never be him and will never forgive love for its crime