Pieces

The return unseen, strangers to a home Pieces fit so snugly, unsettling to think Attempts at resistance, delayed responses Hate clouds, above love's umbrella The echoes reveal, intention was real. Little things hidden, repercussions severe The burns felt, as friction and skin tussled A will defeated, for an item of insignificance Words to a child, don't tell a soul Reasons composed, though none that could justify. Missing for a short period, reports laid Safety secondary, to tempers flare A call of reassurance, met with obscenities so cold Capsules consumed, a corpse can not be scolded Knowledge of occurrence, shrugged off as a norm. Lines on an arm, scars unhidden Acknowledged a decade ago, never a cause for concern A cry out for help, psychology would teach later Youth remembered, through excitement's diminishment Condemned to guilt, rarely ever seeing cause. The blade recalled, as overwhelming as the day Life threatened by a spouse, beheld by an innocent Replicated in some senses, harm never considered "Fight me like a man," said a man to a boy Leave the past behind, says someone who has never died.