Pull the Trigger

Countless times

the image has played over

over and over

in your cluttered mind.

Silent

with sound

black and white

in color

violence the only stable factor.

Cringing

cowering in fear

waiting for the blows

vicious words

until suddenly you can take no more.

He never thought you meant it

he thought you would crash again

begging for forgiveness

for imagined wrongs in his perfect world.

Tiny

deadly

slipped into your hand

lending you a bravado you did not feel

you leveled the gun at his laughing face

and pulled the trigger.

August 24/15

Photo by Sofia Sforza on Unsplash