my heart is a ravenous beast
it’s sleeping now, softly snoring
sound the only reminder
something still lives within me
it hungers still
but has forgotten how to bite
how to chew, how to swallow
maybe it never knew
its teeth ache when i dare to bite
the taste of affection so unfamiliar
i spit it back out and the beast,
it moves away
pressed against the back of the cage
here it cannot be reached
here it safe from the strangeness
of feeling full
May 18, 2025
May 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM UTC
my heart is a ravenous beast
it’s sleeping now, softly snoring
sound the only reminder
something still lives within me
it hungers still
but has forgotten how to bite
how to chew, how to swallow
maybe it never knew
its teeth ache when i dare to bite
the taste of affection so unfamiliar
i spit it back out and the beast,
it moves away
pressed against the back of the cage
here it cannot be reached
here it safe from the strangeness
of feeling full
