This Poem was Submitted By: Debbie Spicer On Date: 2001-08-08 09:59:21 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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“MY YELLOW TOP”

The season was warm, the evening serene, my favored yellow top so cherished and clean. Ready to embark on adventures unknown, not really sure about being alone. After two years I had stayed away, and now saying yes this final day? My reason unsure, yet I went ahead, little did I know what I would soon dread. He came to the door with a smile unsure, how I wished I would have known what I’d endure. Greeting him leery yet not perceiving what to do, I left my tranquility only wishing for clues. The dinner was proper yet discomfort still lingered, gazing at my hands; fidgeting my fingers. Twinges of apprehension were under my skin, the fright was building from beneath and within. We left after dinner with no smudge on my top, only yearning to yell for him to stop. I winced as we traveled past the show, the further we went, I began to know. Days later the garment was "literally" seen, heaped on the floor, viewing it unclean. The yellow top was torn and soiled with blood, in horror; my eyes clouded with tears as a flood! Plague and torture were progressively remembered, much of my flesh brutally dismembered. Torment and injustice were impelled upon me, that is when I buried the heinous debris.

Copyright © August 2001 Debbie Spicer

Additional Notes:
Some of the punctuation was placed to bring out particular elements in this painful memory and healing journey.


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