Created: April 1st 2012

this thing inside of us
it gnaws
makes us bleed,
on the inside
all is calm.
just smile.
nod
smile
ignore the metal taste.
keep still.
stay very still,
you can hear it.
scrape scrape.
it keeps on going.
scratching.
pulling apart the fibre.
smile.
nod.
pretend it isn't happening.
this monster
this thing.
scratching away at your insides
fighting to be free.
pretend it isn't happening.
this isn't a part of me.
scrape
bleed
taste the metal.
it's the thing.
it's fighting to be free.
pinching away at you,
from the inside.
it pulls and pulls.
8 different directions.
bit by bit
it's breaking free.
this thing inside of you.
it's not you,
but it isn't different.
it's the rotten part.
the part which you try to conceal.
pretend it isn't there.
smile
and nod.
and smile some more.
and taste it,
as it rips you apart.
inside.
where things are falling apart.
and you try and ignore the sound.
scrape
scrape.
just nod.
and smile.
and ignore it all.
bit by bit,
it'll take over.
your insides will merely be a mesh of metal.
and this thing will escape
and it'll ignore you
and your smiles
and your nods.
and that rotten taste.