Insignificant Monster No More

Drained of opaque innocence Perfected by your toxicity, I was laid bare beneath the narcissistic sun, Searing deep within dehydrated pupils, Stripping my soul of all humanity, until your sinister tongue was all I could hear. Your empty promises clothed these bones; running was no longer an option, as hiding became nearly impossible within your shadows. Voices, eating through my cerebral cortex, tainted even the demons that resided within my mind. Minuscule reminders of my life before became particles of dust, floating through suffocating air, choking the little oxygen you let me breathe, until the poison became too much to take. Falling to my knees, vomiting your vile lies, my life flashed like motion pictures before my eyes. A choice was given: either purge—rip the cursed, stinging nettle from my veins, or die under your cruelty. I will not rot for an insignificant monster; a cleansing is long overdue.