youre so warm
your tendrils touch with fiery kisses
each tip caresses my skin
you are the embodiment of safety
your love fills me to the brim
I slowly fall asleep in your embrace

eyes lidded
catching myself before I fall
snapped awake
you make me feel so good yet guilty
your touch starts to feel *****
without you I fall ill
I know what you are now
you're my favorite parasite

gorging on my morality
I need you, I want you, I crave you
without you my safety is gone
exposed as I am to the masses
I cant extract you from my veins
why did I let you in?
if I could trap you in a box and seal the lid,
I would
my favorite parasite

once loved and cherished
now feared and despised
without you I feel nothing
without you I am cold
I seek the light the warmth
the safe place you once put me
I reach for the sun
I pull myself up
face turned to the new warmth like a flower
a fiery heat without you
I cut you out
my favorite parasite

I found a new drug
a new day
a new love
and it is not you
it is clean
stark white
shiny
a new warmth a new light
sobriety