Tanisha Messes with God and Me

She yelled, "Bitch!" just before something slammed into my head, glass shattered all over me, and I hit the ground. At the time God was new to me. I’d known of Him before but this time was different. This was new. I was new. I looked up. It was Tanisha. The father of Tanisha’s child was also my best friend Kendra’s boyfriend. Tanisha and Kendra had argued about him. I had nothing to do with it. But because Kendra was my friend I was beat over the head with a Mystic drink bottle. I got up from the ground. I dusted the dirt off my clothes and the broken pieces of glass out of my hair. Tanisha anticipated a fight. But instead, I walked away. I went to my grandmother’s apartment to wipe the blood from my face and legs. I didn’t feel new anymore. The more I thought the angrier I grew. I said, "God, I am trying to live my life differently. How could you let this happen to me?"