Trigger warning.

Make me bend
At the waist
Make me kneel
Upturned face

Make me reach
Arms up high
Make me rest
Rockabye

Press me like flowers
In a book
I’m still pretty
Have a look

Make my choices
Because I can’t
You are big
And I’m an ant

Compress my being
In a box
Hold it closed
Heavy rocks

Make me lie
Foot of your bed
Racing images
In my head

Tickle game
Could have been fun
Wandering hands
I know I can’t run

Hot breath
Cold sweat
Rough hands
Mouth wet

Always watching
Never safe and sound
Dirty secret
That needs to be found

Only six
This can’t be real.
The raw. The pain.
Too fresh to feel.

Tiny body
In evil hands
You are the devil
You aren’t a man.


© SKM