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you can not possibly know

how it feels

to be trapped in this body

bone and muscle

not my own

one day i will shed this skin

and be reborn

slithering lithely across the sand

leaving a trail for my nightly ghosts to follow

begging an audience with my past

promises echoing, empty and hollow

take me with you, that

i might see

languid, lurid,

sinful deeds

no faith in anything

don’t trust in me

simmering slowly, a bubbling rage

ready to burst at the seams, itching for violence

the intimacy of the blood, the kiss, the kill

with no thought of consequence

ravenous, poisonous, i, hidden below

strike with precision

venomous, poisonous, they, hidden within

make the excision

take me with you, that

i might see

languid, lurid,

sinful deeds

no faith in anything

don’t trust in me

[the blood, the blood, it’s in my blood]

flesh, bone, stone

spit, sweat, come

tooth, nail, horn

be reborn

i am the doubt that resides in your eyes

i am the mercy that keeps you alive

i am the worm at the core of your heart

i am the demon that waits in the dark

i am the past that you wish to dispose

i am the song that you can not compose

i am the fist when you take the abuse

i am the gallows, i am the noose

one day i will shed this weathered skin

one day i will be made new within

the blood, the blood, it’s in my blood