i feel it gnawing on my
skin,
leaving its bites everywhere.
not a piece of me unmarked,
unshown,
unbitten.
it shows on my torn lips,
and bleeding fingers.
it shows in my aching bones,
and my shaky breaths.
but it shows the most inside of me,
rattling around in a fury,
cracking me from the inside out.
darkness slowly seeping through
the cracks
it leaves,
in the sidewalks on my streets.