Challenge me
Beat on my shell
Kick and tear at my wall
Scream
Yell
Throw everything
Call names
Dig at my past
Open closed doors
Pull skeletons long-buried
Tear
Claw
Bear fangs
Sink them deep
Infect old wounds with new venom
Punch
Throw low blows
Kidney shots
Break all my bones
Slap my face
Degrade me
Call me useless
Worthless
I will endure it
Survive it
Been there
Done that
I will not fight back
For an ace I keep
Holding
Playing when needed
Spilling your secret
Of where
When
And with who
You cheated…
I like this poem. It’s extremely active, visceral like the emotions it strives to convey.