Crawling

Worms in your bones, throbbing in starvation

        you opened my veins to let crimson blood flow

wounds too deep, healing incomplete

        tunnel light love retreats as I crawl on all fours

bloody wrists leave a trail of crimson chills

        Scraped hands and knees, oh please, oh please

elevate me from the pounding rain of my tears

        replace my bones before they rot in the ground

bandage my wounds from your continuing abuse

        I’m crawling back to you like a moth to light, but

I realize I’ve drowned in your seas too many times

        worms in your bones, throbbing in starvation.