A cruel vile beast
Creeps within me

This beast
Carries a disease

It sulks and cries
It looks me in the eyes

With a heart covered in vines
It carries vengeance deep inside
It sprouted a tree
From the depths of my memories

It infects me
Living within my chest
Changing my heart
Polluting the stream of my blood

The vines and branches,
Grow from the tree
Wrapping around my organs
My body
Squeezing me

Tighter

Tighter

Bones crack




My breath weakens
My heart numbs
My brain on auto-drive

My eyes pop from my sockets
As my vision blurs—


Paralyzed body—


Disease filled body—


At last the tree and I become one

In my reflection I see
The beast is me