pill bug

When I sense danger, 

I just roll up into a ball.

I stay curled up until 

it passes and carefully

I stretch out and crawl on

although I wish I were invisible. 

We were in my room when

his phone rang.

‘It's her.'

He sat beside the window and said,

‘Don’t make a sound.

If she found out that I’m with you,

she’d kill me.’

I was left at the corner,

holding onto my knees tightly

with my eyes fixed on the scars

while he answered to her gently,

begging her not to hang up.

My warm breath on my knees,

too loud to hear him whisper

and surrender to her.

When I sense danger, 

all I do is to hide like

a turtle retreating to its shell.

Under the shield,

I patiently wait for it to pass,

while being poked

and kicked around.

I am still here

although I wish I were invisible. 

I popped my head up to see

whether he would notice me

but my subtle rustle made him

give me his piercing hawk eyes

and his index finger brandished

in front of his mouth,

barring my sound of being.

I was silenced in my room

like when a father scolds his child.

I appear like a stone

even when I’m not that tough,

so that I won't show my weakness 

and squirm like a baby,

although I wish I were invisible.