Invaded

You You are still a thorn in my side A burying pain I can never excavate from under my marred flesh Like a stubborn octopus you cling, spreading your tentacles of despair Into every trembling nook and cranny of my feeble form Parasitic, you devour me from the inside out Hollowing my bones and softening my resolve Until my desire to shuck you off has been melted into a sludgy pool And all that’s left is you Everywhere Colonizing my soul, dictating my every thought Delving even into my most private dreams you choreograph taunting fantasies And then rip away the cloak of sleep and reveal my yearning face Caught in that pathetic stage between dreams and waking My eyes, searching My lips, puckering Anticipating your smoldering kiss that could make all this suffering worthwhile But no kiss comes There is no sign of your face Like a will o’ the wisp you have fled again into the gloom Retreating behind broad daylight’s skirts Until the night comes again, bringing with her my doom