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Sustenance

5:48 you saw me

crawling on a bed

moving with these creatures

desperate to be fed

 

I am the beginning of my own end

I know.

 

I am afraid.

 

I am afraid of who I was

who I am

where I go

with these hands, these hands

your hands.

 

Just let me go.

 

But you grasp these fingers tight

and keep me still.

You taste these chapped lips

and give them sustenance.

You betray me, break me, slay me

all to save me.

 

And I know, somehow.

 

You are the beginning and the end of me

and it's a dangerous road.

 

Don’t let me go

 

I’m almost there.

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allison-wright
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Aug 14, 2011
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