Weighted - Sarah McIntosh

Acrylic
16" x 20" x 1"
 
Storm of Give and Take
by Nancy Jasko
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SKY
wicked he rides dark
clouds of anger
feeds air with proud shouts
JERK
DOPE
anoints sinner with spittle-fly
from angry lips  his angry mind
feels world tilt in his favor
(he believes)
so slings more pain
IDIOT
steals her fight pressing
message of shameful disgust
USELESS
PATHETIC
CLOUDBURST
broken she wields sharp
tears of anguish
breathes vow of new doubt
IDIOT?
USELESS?
bathes in prayer she whispers
from desperate lips   her weakened mind
feels the world tilt in his favor
still, she believes
so slides to her knees
DEAR GOD…
shrinks from his words braving
silence against the tempest
DELUGE
furrowed his brows parked
on black eyes
grown in new hatred
sharpens fangs on new pet names
CUNT
BITCH
to drive home guilt   with aim to hurt
waves roil in his favor
he knows
so he thunder-drums
hammers away throwing
more stones of loathing
FLOODWATERS
dogged she rushes through
fitting options
swayed by her impulses
whets her courage she bolsters her will
to even the score   to tit-for-tat
never, she affirms
behind tightly closed eyes
his love now jetsam she soaks
up nothing spoken
ASSHOLE
she thinks of him
as she bends like a plant in the rain
in the storm of give and take