Because she says

You know because she says, 'Thank you.
                                         Thank you.
                                         Don't hurt me.'

Did he tower over you, girl, a hundred feet high
with legs expanding into bricks
just because he disagreed,
just because a drive to the shops would have made him late
and did the glass break, falling over like a shattering seaside windbreaker onto your face,
a piercing hug that toyed with your skin between its teeth,
with wind pouring through like smoke with an underwater force;
made you remember the thought of death for the first time

Shards between fingers when she says,
                                                        'Thank you.
                                                         Thank you.
                                                         Don't hurt me.'

He has a whisper of fingers for you, girl,
to pour over your face with underwater force,
he will sink you into the sea like a car wreck

A trail
of touch
across
trembling
lips.
                                                        (Thank you.)

                       and I'm obvious
                             I'm obvious
                             you've seen me before

A finger
of felt
winding hair
into place.
                                                         (Thank you.)
                                                                                             shards
                        you've

Feeling                                                                                    crash
a breath                                                                                  dragging windows
catching words                                                                         through organs
on her face

                                                         (Thank you.)



                                                         (Thank you.)



                                                         (Don't hurt me.)

You know because she says so