Unforgiven glimpses

into a tempestuous past

bruise after bruise

fragments of broken glass

sirens screeching suddenly

shattering the silence of night

is this the way it finishes

does life end for her tonight

 

Blood soaked fists

a demon in his eyes

this man she thought a friend

his constant stream of lies

her eyes begin to close

as her body becomes numb

there is nowhere left to hide

she can't turn her back and run

 

Jagged lines upon a screen,

that blip-blip flat-line sound

nurses rush into the room

her heart slows its pounds

she feels a tightness in her chest

followed by a sudden shock

as they try their best to resuscitate

yet each time there is a block.

 

Visions of a misspent youth,

Flash before her eyes.

Thinking is this how it ends,

Is this what happens when you die

one more jolt and she finds herself

hurling rapidly back to earth

beaten badly, bloody, broken

but one more chance to make it work