It breeds deep inside,
every season, every night
It breathes, tarnishing life, retching
with pa**ion as it locks the blinds
Its breath smells like the earthbound flesh
of the muse the years buried alive
Its touch scars like the tender hands
of an angel sent to save with a knife
It seeds its d**hly weed
It branches with every bleed
It heals by spreading deceit
It soothes like hallowed ice
on infected teeth
It shines like a blade
Its smile conceals the maw
of the wrath
Enslaving the mind
through the pathways of life
Erecting the void as it goes down
deeper to s** off all light
Leeching onto life's hopes
Ageing as we age
Plaguing them with voices
Hiding as we search
Prolonging the orexis
Thriving on the rage
Through ages feasting
on heart and soul
Joyous are those of strength
to excise it whole