I live back always on my day

7 years aged and the day I was made.

From my bed I hear the phone ring,

The kitchen echoed the strike of a match

Cigarette, the smoke scent sounds my alarm

I knew who was on the other side,

I tried, it just didn’t work, those were different times

The teacher, the bearer of School, antagonist

I knew the result,

he tore into my room lifting me from my bed by my hair

nothing between me and the strap

thrown stomach to the ground, peering under the dresser

storm windows placed behind for summer storage

the glass revealed my reflection

my eyes were wide, and I gazed into myself,

Lost in my head eyes growing strong and, in my mind, “Nothing last forever”

His holler fads into the background,

This was far from the first, but this day I became aware

deep into my eyes.

light flashed through my body on the first blows strike And I turned the intended pain to galvanizing pleasure.

Reflecting in the glass, the impact recoiled the small body from the floor, and I am stronger,

“Nothing last forever”

Not a tear dropped, not a blow felt, I’m bigger than pain, aged 7 years
The day I was made.

Now I can take any anguish, and everything passes.

This glorious life and my time laden in adventure
All from the day I was made.