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Nothing
Carol Ann Raftery
She did what he wanted. He judges her. He alludes to what she meant to him. The word is nothing. She lies in the coffin he built for her. God, why have you forsaken her? Why have you abandoned her? She forgives. She forgives him, and reaches for him, and he takes her forgiveness. It means nothing to him. He throws her forgiveness upon the wind. He throws her back into the earth. Kicks her and claws her, laughs at her, spits upon her. Each time she tries to rise, he lands another blow upon her heart. The heart shatters. The tears come. There is no one to see, no one to care, no kind words, no arms to comfort her. She wraps her own arms around herself. She seeks refuge in an empty shell. Her heart is not only broken, it is missing. The tormented heart has flown to heaven to find refuge with the angels. Yet the tears still come, washing over her. In torrents, in waves. While she sits below, in hell, with no one but herself. She is alone. She is damaged. She is broken. She is nothing.
