He saw her in the line
Approached her changed form
And spoke those words
"I know you from somewhere"

Immediate recognition darkened her face
And she shrank away
Shivered as though a bad memory
Had walked over her grave

"I'm not like that anymore" she whispered and turned her face
But like a dog with a bone
He wouldn't let her go

Opened up a healed wound
Wanting her to lose control
Like lighting up a firework and asking it not to go off

A nervous sweat broke out
And she shook with fear
Of her past spilling over
And spoiling everything she now held dear

The lies she'd sewn to cover
Slips of the mouth submerged in a cough
Were erupting, bubbling and frothing
Like suicidal poison

"Please" her plea rang out
And he took pleasure in her weakness
Showing she was desperate
That he could make or break

And easily decide her fate