Complete A-Z Challenge

"A" is Amanda

I am stronger than you'd think

Inside-out, I love

 

"B" the angry bitch

has an Asshole ex-husband

who hurts children (yep).

 

"C" is “head” -his name

"You'll never see them again!"

His language speaks pain

 

"D" is to be damned

by someone who promises death

kidnapping my kids

"E" is everyone

whose international spouse

stole children; taught fear

 

"F" is forgiveness

should I give it to myself?

Yes. But to let go...

 

"G," it says, "I wonder."

Do I want reality?

Or do I prefer...

H” my heart beats strong

and with such amazing love

it chokes in my throat

 

"I" is for myself

who won't be treated like dirt

my children shall know

 

"J" the jugular-

Young girls who thirst for blood-lust.

What a sad culture.

 

"K" is my surname

it was lost for ten years once

now I'm me again

 

"L" is for ending

right shoulder/ torn ligaments

I won't climb again

 

"M" is so cliché-

a McGuffin Hitchcock film;

dial it for murder.

"N" is for Russia;

read, Lolita in Tehran"

My vodka ice clinks.

 

"O" is a phantom

my children leave tomorrow

my heart dies each time

 

"P" is religion

Phenomenology's ghost

Philosophy's host

 

"Q" is the blade

silent, easy, bloody out

I wish she’d resist

 

"R" is my daughter

I miss naming her freckles

when she is away

 

"S" is for my son

My Boynton, "Snuggle Puppy"

sad, confused, and angry

 

"T" nearly completes

the guillotined crucifix

hanging by a thread

 

"U" is below me;

a Germanic term

for what’s not surfaced

 

"V" is an hour glass

my body crushed by snow

drowned in the Ukraine

 

"W" is for winner

Tell me now, is that a joke?

No... I'm just a fool.

 

"X" is censorship,

sewing your lips together.

Tear those stitchings off!

 

"Y" can be a vowel

but usually is a question

it measures three sounds

 

Z" is 'round midnight

it took a lot to get here;

FINALLY I'm tiredzzzzzzz