Subcutaneous

I wonder.

I wonder how it is

That you

So easily get under my skin.

You make me thirst for your touch

So much so

That I'd wrench every cell

Right off this layer of skin

Inch by inch

Nails digging into flesh

And get to where you're hidden

Somewhere

Where I can't see you

Yet,

I know you're there

Always waiting,

Always.

I know it isn't your name that runs in my blood

No, that's someone else

And you hate that.

You can't let go of me

Any less than I can.

You're trapped there,

Imprisoned.

Right under the surface

Where you can dimly see

A way of escape

But you can never leave.

That's what she thinks.

She doesn't know I have a trick up my sleeve.

I can make her writhe and twist in her dreams

Itch and throb when she's awake

Make her claw at her arms, her legs

Anything,

Anything to let me out

And end her misery.

I know how to do this.

Done this a lot of times before

I'm the kind of person you can't forget easily.

You can't just bury me in your subconscious

And hope I live out a miserable life

Like one of your repressed childhood memories.

Oh no, no siree, no.

I am lust.

I am death.

And I will reign supreme..