When the Skin Breaks

[Guest Heart Like A Hole]

when the skin breaks

and i am left without an escape

the piercing ferocity

of the monster caged inside of me

is suddenly too great

and i surrender to my fate

 

but all is not lost

 

when the skin breaks

and i am leaking

inside and out

your hand is there to steady me

staunch the flow

and mend the tears

that had engulfed

my ragged form

 

when the skin breaks and i am ugly

your words burst through the shadows

all darkness gives way

to the light in your eyes

and you pick me up

from the dusty floor

you trace the lines

you erase the scars

and hold me until

shuddering

the monster's chains are reconstructed

and the urge for self-destruction

is plucked from my veins

 

when the skin breaks

i am lost again

but you find your way

through the maze of slashes

and razor-gashes

you weave your spell

over my flesh

and i am whole again

even if my skin breaks