Too Tight
Published in
Aug 13, 2023
He held me too close
He held me too tight
Way too tight
I built a wall inside me
A shield
Against his apologies
After
After a Slap
After a shove
It was nothing I did
It was everything I did
A look in the wrong direction
A look at my reflection
So I took to looking at the ground
No more looking around
Couldn’t look him in the eye
Made him wonder why
Another slap
Another push
Down a flight of steps
Wind taken out of me
Hit bottom, lost my breath
He stood over me
Apologized
Finally, I did look into his eyes
Had to get out
Had no doubt
If I didn’t get out then
Never would
Never could
Early the next morning
I left with nothing
But had everything
I could breathe again
