THE NEXT DAY AFTER

The next day
after argument
after gun to temple
knife to waist
after face contorted
by anger, fire so deep
it burns through eyes
after fist to jaw
fist through wall
after breath
hot on face
screams of 
"LOOK AT ME"
when look
breaks heart
after aftermath
of fury
bit lip
blood-stained
tears

the next day--
how do you 
cook breakfast
and act as if
nothing
happened

© Valerie Bridgeman
June 11, 2013