I feel like I am keeping Beasts in my chest
and they claw and cut
I can feel my insides, slippery with the blood they’ve chased loose
The space beneath my breast is becoming tighter and the weight of my torso as I lie on my bed is becoming heavier

I’m keeping the gates tied closed
and so I’m left with a rampage stuck in my heart
They’re eating me up from the inside out
soon I will be hollow

Whenever I open my mouth
I hear a blood curdling howl
To look into my own eyes is to see their imprisonment
But I will not let them go
They’re mine to keep