I am now better

shuffling memories

mental images

and days left behind

I am no longer the girl

you once knew

looping infinitely

in silent rewind

settling in the discomfort

of an unfamiliar

state of mind

challenge my familiar

unlearn

unfind

radio plays

in the room next door

my unlearning interrupted

by the sounds of war

and the sound of his voice

seeping into my core

all was silenced when he

uttered—

drowned me in his poison

cut me when he

shattered

I am no longer the girl you

once knew

I buried her with your gutter

said a prayer

to her soul

it is now better

I am now better

are you?