Anatomy - A Poem

poetry more like [loud screaming] [sounds of explosions] [lord of the rings soundtrack] [blood sacrifice] [the "where no man has gone before" speech plays softly in the distance]

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Anatomy

a monster lives inside of me

she made her home in my chest

for a long time she was angry

and she woke me from my rest

but i made my peace with her

just over a year ago

she's no longer mad, but she won't leave

and that's all i really know

there's a demon in my stomach

but from there she strays, she makes trips

and all my offerings of peace

have fallen dead from my lips

i feel her in my muscles, sometimes,

in my throat and in my head

i don't think she will ever go away

so i'll just live with her instead

there's a ghost that lives close

just under my first layer of skin

she's friends with the demon half the time

and sometimes i feel her sagging in

i do not know whose she is

but maybe she is mine

mostly she's quiet, just humming, buzzing,

and i can deal with that just fine

a skeleton lives in my bones

she wormed her way inside

sometimes if i feel too stiff or full

i know that she is why

i don't know why she's here

i already have a skeleton of my own

she doesn't speak or make any noise

just gives me a second set of bones

a monster lives inside of me

she made her home in my chest

sometimes, now, late at night

i'll be awake while she's at rest

she's heavier then, i think,

while i carry the weight of us both

and remember how i was, how i am,

and hope, and hope, and hope