heart-wrenching hunger
i ate my heart out
and now i feel nothing
i have bloodstained lips
and a silent chest
every morning it regrows
valve to valve to valve
every chamber reborn
every day i become a glutton
with a promethean hunger
starving so much for a heart
that i willingly devour mine
no one wants to be the monster
there is a snake coiled in my body
he swallowed my organs a long time ago
replaced them with steel and poison and rot
took over the space that belonged to me
but hid himself so that no one else would see
sometimes i scratch at the surface
yearning to tear him out
but i am afraid
that even if i wrench him from my guts
there will be scales growing under my skin
and claws at my fingertips
venom running through my veins
i’ll find that the monster was always within
see fangs dripping poison behind my lips
find that only something inhuman remains
Dia Inkim is a young adult from the Caribbean with a primary interest in film and secondary interest in poetry. She loves horror, mythology, astrology and spends her time daydreaming of entire worlds.
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