Spinning out of control like an animal glaring teeth pounding fists stop the pound of her heartbeat The deadly rhythm no cry for help could ever stop him it happens every fucking day this happens every fucking day I can't believe the air we breathe gives oxygen to him Watching skin and bone come crashing down onto the knife I know that I don't ever wanna know how it feels to take a life
[A while back, a teenage girl was murdered by her boyfriend in Ann Arbor where Matt and I live. That sort of thing never happens here, and it reminded me that this kind of thing happens every minute of every day. It's something nobody wants to think about, but it's something everyone needs to think about.]