two

i stand between them.

i have one hand on each person - two.

one screams, voice echoes and

bounces off of me. only a few

stranglers enter the others ear.

i feel the heat from their

face, spit dribbles

                                       down my

cheeks.

silence, then the quiet one

speaks - again harsh and

violent words towards the

other, but

i stand in between.

she sees her frame through

me; the first one slices

my abdomen.

i bleed

small at first then the other

does the same

gashes expand

liquid loosens and

flicks onto them

now they see

now they hear

i stand in between.