sickly yellow light
on sickly yellow walls
look in the mirror
and see a sick scared child
in my eyes
then pulling clawing wrenching biting
and the child is a monster
in an icteric room
and somewhere there's a scream
brown ring in the bathtub
breath breath breath
brown handle in my hand
silver glints
and smiles
the monster cringes whines
then jumps forward eager
with a single shining claw
and somewhere there's a scream
red pleasure
crimson pain
breath held in then released
with every terrible beautiful line
shaking hands and cold air
goosebumps shiver and guilt stares
but the monster pushes it away
with a grinning chilling howl
and somewhere there's a scream