He lit a fire and threw it at me
I didn’t realise but before I knew it,
that fire was all around me
It didn’t matter how much I tried to escape,
It didn’t make a difference how much I tried to protect myself
Or even tried to diffuse it,
Because he was right there adding fuel to it every day.

With time I started to burn… It was not a pleasant feeling
To be skinned alive
Especially by someone who was once my best friend, and then my husband,
But he watched,
When I was burning…

I tried to sc...