a name i will not soon forget
C O R A
my mother stated
while explaining to me that
we needed the money
more than i needed my body
C O R A
a name he chanted as his eyes
scavenged my body
C O R A
i wonder if he knew
i was old enough
to know right from wrong
but not what he was doing
to my body  the body,
that belonged to me but still
C O R A
he called as he ripped
my insides out
like an animal taring the carcass
of its prey
C O R A
the name of a girl no older than six
C O R A
i wonder if he knows that what he did
what he did to me my body than
would still effect me today
C O R A
i wonder if they knew
that's the first thing i lost
when i left them