Friday, June 21, 2024

Not enough (2014)

 


It fits like an oven glove

Fingers first, then

Part of my hand,

Only the heat is

On the inside, not out,

As I plunge into

The oven that

Scalds me,

No bread-crumb trail

To lead me back

I am consumed,

Doomed by my

Own desire,

All too willing

To submit myself

To the witch’s will.

It fits me just

Like an oven glove

As I dive head first

Into the abyss,

Drowning myself

In its warm, moist

Interior with

No desire to

Rescue myself.

It fits around me

Like a glove

A soft embrace

I ache for

More and more

And more

And it is still

Not enough.


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