My Polka Dot Mama

How can you enjoy love? When he stole it from you She sat where she had sat on the stair Held her head in her hands And felt the fists and the feet Pushing himself inside And taking her out She could see him leering In her unreflective eyes She would no longer let him fester in her soul Deep rooted Wrapped around her veins and muscles Interlocked within her every intimate move A pat on the back Would never penetrate deep enough To wrap her scars in silk And tease out the knots they had forged around her heart So she wore the lipstick she had worn Smudged poorly over her child lips Bright red so all could see Every kiss she had placed Over every place he had been. My polka dot Mama Speckled with drops of love Not blood How can you enjoy life? When he took every chance you had

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