You pulled her
across boundaries
of health
ability
logic
humanity.
She pushed back
in trust
against the injustice,
attempting an in-between
between them,
a compromise
a something
good for all,
but it was all for nothing.
She was rebuffed
refused
disregarded
and
confused.
Now the only thing left
and right
in sight
in front of her
in view
is the corner
you pushed her into.
Is she supposed to submit
like a puppy
waiting for a beating
nursing the bleeding
as you rub her nose
in the disrespect?
Is she supposed to run
the other way,
drop everything to waste,
leaving both of you
at a disadvantage,
debilitated,
damaged?
With the lack
of actual options
bordering on exhaustion,
she shut up
shut off in thought.
She went dark –
dark as if in a trance,
grasping at the chance,
strategically dreaming
for resolution
for meaning
for any resemblance of a solution,
and dark as in
a place so dank and
d
r
i
p
p
i
n
g
with defeat,
so fractured
and
incomplete,
it was only worthy
of silence.
Words could only
ruin the moment
the sanctity
the brevity
the small bit of her
she could still see –
and at the worst,
leave her constrained,
as they ripped apart
everything around her
and through
what little of her
remained.