Crawl

You crawl under my skin Again, uninvited this time Drinking my sorrow Your tail whips around my heart Drawn in by the cold Darkness you know so well To look but not to touch A sad spectacle to visit But visit is all Soak up vulnerability Bathe in the grief Wash off, walk home Leave me with the well Where undrinkable water lives Crumbs to decorate it Furtive missives of absolution Dig and scrape to pry you Draw you out from under skin Let you down so slowly To silently await your return