suffocate me till my
last breath, then let me
go and help me up -
come back tomorrow and
knock me down with a sinister
smile.

"didn't forget about me,
have you?" you say as
you throw your head back,
laughing.

thinning hair, sluggish walk,
dark circles underneath dull
swollen eyes.

you're ripping me apart;
stop coming so close.
another year of you,
then your adult version
will come and haunt me.
it's an endless cycle of