T- Distance is safety
the farther the better
H- Silence is death
a whispered phrase of grief
E- Ambled away from IT
but IT is arduous and daring
D- daring me to run
to fight back against my dignity
I- Searing are the images
back and forth through my mind
S- until they’re contemptuous
Sinister is the name
T- the name of the game
I don’t want to play
A- Fondled is what IT is not
as IT continues
N- to destroy my insides
bit by bit
C- ripping the result
of collusion to action
E- and effect
Perused IT
look past
to a superior setting
Distance.