Blood Sport
messy internal dialogue
“you make me sick”
i look up at the sound of her voice, tinged with fire and venom
she’s glaring at me - what’s the phrase? hell hath no fury?
i don’t think i’ve ever feared for my life like i do staring back at her
my jugular feels like a beacon, blinking bright red and perfectly accessible
reflected back in her eyes
i wish they were cold and calculating
instead they’re molten, visceral
threatening an inky exsanguination
cinnamon-flavoured syrup coating her maw and mandible
“you let him defang you, declaw you
let him gut you like a fucking prized stag from the hunt
and then stitch you back together with dental floss
and call it love”
the wounds in my chest ache, a minty burn along the edges
remnants of a red and raw cold water plunge
“what have you named this era? sitting shiva?
you disgust me”
she reaches for me and i don’t flinch
can’t show weakness, palms against my cheekbones
“one day this will just be a scar you tell your children fairytales about”
i feel new enamel breaking gums - a gift or a curse, i haven’t decided
interrupted by gunshots, rapid and sharp
… “are you done in the bathroom?”
i smudge a toothpaste stain off the glass with my sleeve
… “yeah, sorry.”
About the Creator
M.B. Arthur
Immersive loves & lifetimes - I write to heal what hurts.
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A reflective pain from a love story.