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Like desperados and sons of bitches, he had said
and offers me a another shot of moonshine
I take it because I want him to know that I can hold my own
Even though, the epiphany came, months earlier and
I realize now that every man I've loved has hurt me in
one way or another
Every man I have loved was a flame,
yet I touched
Even though I was raped and emotionally starved

But my adoration for him is a thing undying
By God I would drink this whole jar of evil liquid just
to hear his wincing thoughts

I don't know what he hides,
but there are certain places in his house I am not allowed to go
and when I stay the night he locks my
door from the outside
It has crossed my mind that he is afraid that in a drunken stupor he may forget I
am there
Like the one night he almost shot his own son for fear he was a burglar

But I don't mind that, and in the end I am not scared of him
At times he can be so delicate, even though he despises
women and has crushed my heart on occasion

Except I know he loves me, because he had framed that
one picture of me
Said it was his favorite of all time
I was looking off into a field, my eyes knowing something
and he always said that that is who I really am and it's
a rare convenience that a photograph captured it

It makes me weak,
and I go home
Absolving him of all wrongs