Sharp breath
Carving out the carcass
Shaving away sanity
Cringing.

Shallow plunge
Into sinister sea of shards
Crinkling cracking
Cringing.

Cowering for invisibility
Hiding behind folds of
Crunched eyelids
Cringing.

Hollowed by fire
Raw red remnants
Crumbling, ashes ashes
Cringing.

Projected perfection
Diabolical demons dream
In absence
Cringing.