she's my only friend

and she comforts me

when i lie awake

watching the ceiling decay



she frightens

normalcy away

from me

for me

for me



she chokes me

and i cough up

everything

the shards the blood

drains away



i've atoned

for the

things i have done

the wounds

have been

washed away



i've risen above

my own usefulness

so i'll cut my legs

out from under me and lie



six dark feet

wait for me

to dream

my life

away

away