you can not possibly know
how it feels
to be trapped in this body
bone and muscle
not my own
one day i will shed this skin
and be reborn

slithering lithely across the sand
leaving a trail for my nightly ghosts to follow
begging an audience with my past
promises echoing, empty and hollow

take me with you, that
i might see
languid, lurid,
sinful deeds

no faith in anything
don’t trust in me

simmering slowly, a bubbling rage
ready to burst at the seams, itching for violence
the intimacy of the blood, the kiss, the kill
with no thought of consequence
ravenous, poisonous, i, hidden below
strike with precision
venomous, poisonous, they, hidden within
make the excision

take me with you, that
i might see
languid, lurid,
sinful deeds

no faith in anything
don’t trust in me

[the blood, the blood, it’s in my blood]

flesh, bone, stone
spit, sweat, come
tooth, nail, horn
be reborn

i am the doubt that resides in your eyes
i am the mercy that keeps you alive
i am the worm at the core of your heart
i am the demon that waits in the dark
i am the past that you wish to dispose
i am the song that you can not compose
i am the fist when you take the abuse
i am the gallows, i am the noose

one day i will shed this weathered skin
one day i will be made new within

the blood, the blood, it’s in my blood