That Hurt Me Where You Hit Me

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