Crack goes the whip
As it slashes my heart
The distance between us
Stretches too far
I can’t reach out any longer
Or I’ll start to break apart

My cries are drowned out
In the winter wind
Drowning in the traditions
Of the discipline of kin
Blood and tears fill my soul
And you have committed another sin

The hollow whispers
Of sweet nothings
Create a mirage
For the shouts and screams
The rage and fear
The fury and wrong

Crack goes the whip
As it slashes my heart
I know every strike
I remember where they are
It repeats in my memories
As it leaves a painful scar