in you,
you toss and you turn
in your sleep
on the rough edges of memories
and the end of a season unknown to you
you've woken me up
with your interference, you make me worry
you say you were back in the house
and he was there; your friends were there
still trapped, and how you wanted to go back
to them all
how they didn't realize they were trapped in his abuse
we cried for hours
the pills to help you sleep
no longer helped and churns your stomach
i wish that i could undo those knots
and remove the stress that wrinkles your cheeks
but my greatest fear
is that you'll follow your own words
back to the place i rescued you from
and i'll wake next to an empty pillow
i see in your eyes your conviction