The abused body
abuses back,
the pain within
kept anchored, intact,
dominates, imprisons, controls,
singing soft soured songs
to the soul.

The abused body abuses too,
internal balance thrown askew,
the world within
turned black and blue.

Strangling reason
with the same rope
from which the body hung,
devoured seasons
spent treading the gallows
were the soul was strung.