the touch

last night he came to me
cold & wrapped in shadow
touched
the mind diseased
slipped unnoticed into
tears unshed
spilled
over to thoughts
unravelling

last night he came to me
silent & cloaked in promises
caressed
the soul tomented
sliced open the heart
that blackened
faltering

last night he came to me
comforting & holding me
closed
eyelids on a world
lost to pain
laying down into
blackness

tiny & hollow
i'm being swallowed
whole
singled out by the
movement of time
against
my skin

sunken & sallow
i'm being followed
lost
constantly battling for
sanity and peace
against
my self

vicious & bitter
i'm being bled dry
suffocated
endlessly screaming
against
my silence