Guarded

Dear Life,

You tried to destroy me!

You took me out, “good and proper”!

Using an interdimensional sledgehammer,

you smashed me!

Bitch!

You nearly won,

                         …nearly…

But,

watching warily with shell-shocked eyes,

and guarded against you,

(for unparalleled dangers still lurk

in your unloving embrace),

I stand again.

(c) Catherine Knee 2023