What a sad song she sang,
her eyes conveyed the pain,
Her voice rang out passionately
& tears filled her emerald green eyes.

I sensed her misery;
& similar memories of my own
permeating through my mind.

She swayed her body from side to side,
Her hands moved nervously,
deliberately.

She told the tale,
it hurt, I cried,
Our souls fused blindly in unity,
as she sobbed over her torn dress,
& her bruises.

Remnants of a cruel past left her,
broken,
empty of her womanhood
she had shrouded so.

Nightmares of this violent night
& decaying embers of pain
Lurk in the shadows,
waiting for the sun to come back.

"Why must it be so hard to move on?"
I asked through my own tears.

~SAS~