I was not a human,

And you were not a man.

When you took me to hell with you,

I became the cursed, and you, the demon.

Your eyes of flame and ash,

Tore through me as a lash;

And scorched my soul into remnants,

To be coldly discarded as trash.

Your evils became mine,

And my world became thine,

As I begged to God for justice,

You then emerged from the abyss,

Into the sunshine…

On angels’ wings.

K. Aldaya, 7/31/21

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