Orange Peel

Bitter. Orange Peel. The cold air bites at my grey skin.
My heart heavy, my head aching,
A chain of love. Broken.
Caught in endless pain.
Hatred. Hurt.
An iron ring bolted to the brain.
Why me? He claws my soul.
He rips my pride.
Peeled.
He stings my eyes.
Haunted, memories. the image of a face. Spherical.

Left.
Lonely, knotted anger.
A red rose dies, drowned in a vase of poison.
Stained satin, Stench.
A heart mutated. Blood fires. Orange.
Stings the eye.
Knife in my arm, stab, stab,
Silent, senseless.
Doubled up in pain. Panicking.
Crumbled, defenceless.
Forgive. And forget.
Live with pain, a partnership.

Spit. On. It.
Choke. On. It.