Starve

Skin and bones
Skin and bones 
Should I be skin and bones?
I am. 
I am. 
And flesh
This flesh is a prison. 
Peel me, pluck out my
Black organs and satiate 
This emptiness,
This devastation that engulfs me. 
Thunder, rain, and now a flash of
Lightening illumines my mismatched
Figure that I hate. 
Hate. 
Tell me you mean well and
Perhaps I’ll rise from this 
Darkness or perhaps I’ll 
Descend further into the abyss 
Because I don’t believe you.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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