Descent

 
Indecision binds me, silken cords

a cold, unyielding reality against my skin.

an unwelcome rush…..

heat.

familiar ground gives way

and I stumble, shivering, to my knees

as knowing, needy hands reach

deep into a darkness

I can barely acknowledge

and boundaries, once so assuredly safe,

are now betrayed,

shattered and strewn across this now ever-changing landscape.

I’m laid bare

as monsters,

both within and without,

tear rapaciously at my mind and flesh,

an insidious invasion,

ripping away at the me I once knew.

a bitter seduction.

I watch in horror

as a metamorphosis takes place.