no scars,
no black patch of bruised earth,
nothing visible of the violence
except this,
here,
this small and cherished amulet –
a stranger would see
and never even guess
the fury that formed it
no scars,
no black patch of bruised earth,
nothing visible of the violence
except this,
here,
this small and cherished amulet –
a stranger would see
and never even guess
the fury that formed it