Manano Martinez

Miracles. Content Warning.

The heel of her soft shoe lands on my groin once, twice. I am glad that she isn’t wearing high heels and thank the Lord above that I can shovel pain under the surface of my awareness and use it to fertilize my resolve. My body still reacts to the damage she causes and curls instinctively into a protective cocoon. She fiercely kicks me twice on my lower back before I hear her stumbling footsteps rush away, in the direction of her car.