remember?

remember when she left us?

how my lips were the only ones

that smiled when they looked upon your pitiful face.

how my shoulder was your only brace

next to the bottle and

beside the blade

do you remember how you fed me lies?

they have carved deeper wounds in me than

those which scar your arms today.

remember how your temper skyrocketed?

we learned silence

we learned obedience.

and finally,

do you remember when you “recovered”?

and I suddenly meant no more to you than

the carpeted floors under your feet?

because I do.

I remember every second

every lie

every pain.

I remember.

written sometime in May