Hollowed Out

 

You're creeping into my satin sheets

Forgetting about my spilling brains

My mattress filled with intelligence

But not enough to make you leave.

 

The blankets wrinkle at my waist

As pillows prop up my sunken face

I'm trying to keep as of much my brains in as I can.

 

As our actions get louder

The baby cries in the other room

A constant reminder of the day

That I first began to lose my mind

 

As I peer into her bassinet

She cries to me with outstretched arms

Begging me for affection

I hesitate

In fear that when I lean in to grab her

Some of my brains will shower onto her

Leaving my thoughts draped over her

Small blonde curls.

 

You then walk in then

Thinking that you can lend me a hand

I push you away

For I do not want you near her

It's bad enough you've destroyed one of us.

 

You think that you can change me

But I guess you've forgotten

That I'm a closed window in a mansion of mirrors

And you're just a fly who hovers over raw meat

And any minute now

I'll have you falling dead on my sill

With no brains to splatter anywhere.