Leech
Your fingers writhe beneath my skin
Tangling themselves in my veins.
You are a parasite, connected
and feeding off of my pain
Like the fiend you are.
I want to cut you off
And discard you, watch you withdraw,
But I know that pulling free
Would leave you with pieces of me.
Copyright © Hannah Gilliland | Year Posted 2013
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