insidious

I try, but sometimes it creeps in

like you.

insidious
it creeps in.
I try not to
let it,
but still,
your disease
penetrates
the walls
I built,
and threatens
to make me
sick
like you.
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your poison

your anger
your hate
it's a poison,
I feel it
peeling away
the layers
so thin,
so fragile,
internal burns,
I will never
let you see.

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dermatophyte --

a special type of parasite
that slides under your skin,
and disconnects the tissue
from the rest of you
living things without a heart
that try to separate you
from your humanness,
how could I have known
you were a fungus
with a man's face ...

Author's Note

sometimes some things just need to be expelled forcefully.
CAUTION video is for mature audiences only.

Reviews

[Neville]

I take it he's no longer on ya Christmas card list... some times, it just gotta be said and if ya say it, say like ya mean it and why not..... N:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Wow. A blast from my tortured past. Thanks!

[Neville]

some pain just feels so good don't ya think.. :)

[Pryde Foltz]

Before l'enfant ...I used running to expel this kind of thing. Loved it ... taking what might have otherwise gotten me down and used if for empowerment. Now I walk so l'enfant can keep up and I do yoga and meditate. The thing about creatures of the dark ... they can't stand even the slightest bit of light.

Light'em up, KL. Light'em up>

You are a powerful pen ... a pen on fire, one might say:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, that's what I have to do every once in a while, and I do run. The ex is really the person I have to thank for me discovering the joys of long distance running. Oh, ya, and without getting rid of him I wouldn't have met my current love either, so ...

[Pryde Foltz]

Out with the old:)

[V]

Your unpleasant feelings crawl through my skin, I like your choice of words and the similes. Creative and well-written. Reminds me a tiny little bit of my poem Paper's Due though the content is very different from yours, yet the images feel similar in a way.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate it. I had to get rid of some ooze yesterday. Unfortunately, fungus is very hard to get rid of entirely, and it requires regular reapplications of medication to keep it at bay.:)

[V]

Yeah I know. I can tell you a thing or two about it...writing off negative feelings can be really relieving though I try to stay away from writing down all my anger, I don't need it to be sealed on paper and frequently reminding me of bad moments.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

geez..." a fungus with a man's face"

remind me not to get on your bad side---i will become a poisonous mushroom...

[Lyn Anderson]

Yeah, I know, pretty harsh, but that is how he makes me feel sometimes. I can only imagine the crap he writes about me. More violent, less poetic, I am sure.

[Matching Socks]

This has venom and bite, a perfect ending. Nice one.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks. I was starting out with Microsporidium and Trychophytan Mentagrophytes, but I have already used the latter in a poem, go figure.

[JC]

Intense revealing of the emotions we feel when we've been duped and the feelings were not truly reciprocal. I like the parasitical metaphor a lot.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you, very much. I actually am treating an animal with a persistent infection, so that is where it spun off of -- that and the ex, of course ...

[LastMonth]

Harsh, potent, honest and invigorating at the same time.

What you say here, or at least what I got from this poem is that people who love you won't harm you. Or better yet, If I had to explain it in words, someone who doesn't really care about you, but rather needs you for his own selfish needs-- They won't bring you up. They won't encourage you. They will make you feel weak, useless, they will make you feel as though everyone else hates you and the world is against you.

You see when a weak minded, childish and cruel person needs something from you, and wants exclusive control over you, they will often turn to diminish the other relationships in your life. ''..That boss hates you. '' ''That girl is talking trash about you.'' ''That boy doesn't like you for your personallity, but only for your body.''

There's a fine line between caring for you, and just trying to manipulate you.
It's so fine that we rarely see it in time.

Thank you for the poem.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for the thoughtful review, and most definitely, the people who are in your life who are like this are selfish, and out for what they can take from you, with no thought for the consequences to you.