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The Only Way
by
Christopher Hivner
I’ll let someone
know
about your
injuries,
I’ll stop the
bleeding
and send help
for the broken
bones,
however,
I know of no one
who can fix
the scars I leave
behind
and after all,
that was the
point.
If I had to suffer,
then everyone must
feel
the bugs crawling
through their
brain
at three in the
morning
when sleep is the
only desire.
If I took the
beatings,
then so shall the
world.
If I dripped blood
on the carpet
extending my
punishment,
then I need to
hear your screams.
I want to belong,
to be like
everyone else
and this is the
only way.
Christopher Hivner writes from a small town in
Pennsylvania surrounded by books he intends to read if he becomes immortal and
the echoes of very loud music. He has recently been published in CC&D and 5-7-5
Haiku Journal. Facebook: Christopher Hivner - Author, Twitter:
@Your_screams, Blue Sky: cshivner.bsky.social
Maddisyn Condora is a full-blooded Italian
Scorpio girl who is head CMA at a really tough hospital in New York City. She
loves working in crisis intervention and has the smile of a femme fatale but
the heart of an angel.
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