I've returned to this place, but not how I had hoped The walls peeling, ceilings drip, floorboards curved and sloped Mildew spreads around corners and shadows swallow light Thoughts creep in like whispers, forcing me to write They're in my head again, the infestations swell Clawing at my eyelids, the night escapes. Oh well Perhaps I am the intruder I left this place to rot Yet, it's the one who evicted me It is I who I forgot