Her blackened eyes stare me,
She shakes her head as if to say,
I’ve to do this… I’m protecting you…”
She’s begging me to go to my room…
She’s pleading, her bruised face is pleading…
She knows that this will not stop…

As I flee to my room,
A coward, broken and frightened…
I bury myself in bed, deeper and deeper,
My bedcover envelops me,
I beg whatever gods may be for rescue…

Suddenly there’s silence screaming out,
I hear that monster, I refuse to give him any other name, Trudge drunkenly to the door, Scratch! SCRAATCH!!
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