Dongwu

he came in
through the window
and shook her like
an 8.9 earthquake
on the Richter scale.

yet her body felt
like runny sludge
from a toxic canal.

it didn't matter
whether she could
ever come to trust
'nother person ever
again, she had to live
- he thought.

her nipples scorched
vagina torn apart
anus oozing warm
semen
abdomen and belly
carved with heinous
blood clots
jaw dislocated
left eye gouged out
nose shattered
- his brain yelled
"why didn't they
kill her?" on
repeat.

seeing his daughter
in such miserable
plight, he smashed
the bright kerosene
lamp and held her
hand as flames burnt
everything away
inch by inch.