beasties of my soul
why are you
screaming?
why do you
ambush me at
night when i am
naked & alone
to roast my white
bones over your
ashen
fires?
your claws
scratch on the in
side of my
brain & your crow
bars split my
skull.
sinews cramp at
the thought of your
thorny chains threaded
through the hollows of
my
spine.
what do you want of
my soul? you, who
have brandished my
fuming head again &
again upon your
pikes.
dark of my soul, my
life & my death are
yours. you come &
go with my karma like
the smell of my
past.
you are my shadow,
my demon, my
lover & my
tao.
what can i know of
passion if i do not em
brace you as my
self?
beasties of my soul––
why am i struggling to
escape your
darkness, when i should be
kissing
you?
let’s make a bargain.
you may have what
you want if you
trust me.
you, who have tasted my
blood, who swim in my
veins, let me wel
come you into my
heart.