a pen

a script

a word

a whip

a beginning

an end

a wish

that's pending

a love that waiting

a world

that's bending

a family

a home

a silence

a phone

a lie

a smile

a storm

so loud

a warmth

a cringe

a loss

no map

lines cross

dark bat

swing

miss

swing

miss

more makeup

more bliss

a shatter

a crack

a hopeless nest

a broken pact

an empty fist

words with no grip

hands on hips

finger to lip

silen--