Shed Your Skin

In the sickest and cruellest of acts,

I take the form of the very monster who played me as a joke.

I’ve taken my pain and forged it into venom,

My forked tongue repeating the very same words you spoke.

Now I shed my skin before you,

Unveiling beautiful danger I tried so hard to hide under my bright hue.

You bite back your fears,

Laying your gentle palms out to me, you bring me closer to you.

At a glimpse, you see mercy,

With my dark eyes, you mistake me for nothing more than a meek little mouse.

Only a fool would try to domesticate me,

Believing that your tender touch will soothe my instincts, a delicate pet in your house.

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But I will bite.

I will sink my fangs deep into your flesh, and I will draw red from your skin.

I will wrap myself around your weakness, and I will suffocate you.

Because no matter how hard you try,

I will always be an animal.