Ursula Kay Vos

I hear your voice and the car crash erupts in my mind

every dirty little secret I once held like family jewels
tears away in an attempt to free me from you.

Your backhanded words cut me like the knife you ran through
my neck

and with every breath I take I feel your life slip away
while I watch

cursing the day I decided to let you down

and realizing it was never a decision; you were the only way
out

at tim