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My fractured sense of self, my only company.

The light fades with each moment.

With your steady pollution of my mind.

Collective memories blur like poison.

Screaming for solace yet nothing comes out.

It feels like there is sand in my mouth.

Grinding and grating against my teeth.

It's like thousands of eyes are staring at me.

Such a toxic web you weave.

Encased in it, I can't breathe

My blood cupped in your hands like an offering

You pulled me under.

Your hands outstretched for your prize.

I would rather bleed out than pretend it is alright.

Trying to claw my way back to the top.

As you drive me towards isolation.

Feasting on others until they famine

Nothing but flesh and bone.

Withering skin and starving.

Drained for your nourishment.

It feels like I’m shackled.

To a pain that I’ve never known.

Lost in this maze of misgivings.

As if I have nowhere left to go.

I am a prisoner here

Trapped and confined

I am a prisoner here

Bound and broken

Drown in this cascade of pain and grief.

These feelings of emptiness are filling me.

I writhe in discomfort, I pray to be free.

It's like thousands of eyes are staring at me.

Such a toxic web you weave.

Encased in it, I can't breathe

My blood cupped in your hands like an offering.

You pulled me under.

Your hands outstretched for your prize.

I would rather bleed out than pretend it is alright.

Trying to claw my way back to the top.

As you drive me towards isolation.

Your cold caress chills me to the spine

Locked in a gaze of your devilish eyes.

Inhaling your stale affection.

Gasping to find clean breath.

My blood cupped in your hands like an offering.

I am a prisoner here.