Do you remember when they got bruises on their arms?
Or when she stopped hanging out with us because she was with him?

Do you remember when they stopped posting?

Do you remember when she got quiet?

What about when they ended things?
Do you remember how it got darker?

Do you remember how she got through it?

Did you keep it in mind
the next time
you saw anyone else in their shoes?

Did you remember it once she started to talk about his abuse?

Did the memories of the bruises fade?
Or does it just seem too impossible?
Too inhumane?
Too unjust?

Do you think she’s just being dramatic?
You think she’s just angry because she didn’t get what she wanted?

What could they have wanted that badly?