and so it goes

“Tell the world Johnny, tell them that I Johnny Depp am a victim of domestic violence.” - Amber Heard

...and so it goes
that Destruction is always Male,
however it’s born,
however it identifies.

But we might just be learning now
that sometimes it’s a girl.
Becoming Female. A woman of dark
proportions. That on occasion
death doesn’t wear a charcoal tie
and creased trousers. They sometimes wear
lipstick, face-paint, extensions, jewels...

...your mother’s dirty robe,
chasing you at five years old
up through the house
to lock yourself
behind the bathroom door.

Only to let them in because
even at five you understood
that there was no escape.