Candied Screams

Something touches
              my ears
and glides right across
              my heart,
the sweetest of screams
that I don't even realize
              I'm causing.
I conciously make myself
  stop digging into
         the soft muscle
              in the back
                  of your leg.
I've done this for so long
I lost where I was,
my mind wandered
         back into the recesses,
into that little crevice
I dug out for myself,
down so deep
     the walls are covered
                        in red ice,
        (my ice),
see I dug it myself,
  a nice little place
to call my own,
where I can take my prey
          without being disturbed.

And that's where the paradox builds,
here I am
toying with my food
while I'm dragging another
          down
to start the next game.
Now is where I get lost,
do I finish
   the first one off quick,
         or make the other wait?
On one hand,
       I'm enjoying this toy
                           I've found,
I've been 
playing with it for awhile
    and it makes 
        really nice sounds,
but something new..............
    the problem is
       there is always 
something new to play with,
in this realm
I call my own
         I can always find prey.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008



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