That hurt me where you hit me
Split me
Ripped me
Stripped me
You found the bruise beneath me
Shook me
Took me
Hooked me
Old shame came back to claim me
Frame me
Name me
Blame me
Dead ghosts rose up to face me
Chase me
Race me
Erase me
You struck where scars were sleeping
Keeping secrets worth keeping
Deep grief came back screaming
Dreaming
Scheming
Teeming
Dark nights started calling
Haunting
Taunting
Mauling
My strong walls started falling
Crashing
Smashing
Sprawling
You hit the wound I carried
Buried
Tarried
Harried
You touched the pain concealed
Sealed
Steeled
Unhealed
Each word became pure thunder
Ripping my calm asunder
Each thought became a riot
Defiant
Violent
Giant
The memories kept returning
Burning
Churning
Yearning
The hurt grew teeth and found me
Bound me
Wound me
Crowned me
That hurt me where you hit me
Cut me clean and swiftly
Not skin
Not bone
But the place I called home
The place I faced alone
The place pain built its throne
That hurt me where you hit me
Yet somehow it did not end me