Alone
You’ll protect her alone
and realize
that something in your body
told you
a long time ago
that this
is how
it would be.
Definition
He’ll ask you if the Cavalier “actually threatened you”
or your daughter and you’ll ask:
what’s your definition of “actually threaten”
and if terrifying you 20 years ago
and looking from you to your daughter
and smirking at you
fits the definition.