Love of a Leech

We can be utterly hypnotized by the very thing draining us.

I never imagined it would come to this
The lost feeling of eternal bliss
You held in your hands my life untouched
And with each breath I grew star struck
By your hot breath on my cheek
Reminding me of how weak
I had become from you
Dependent on your breath
To save me from inevitable death
I latched onto your hands
A bloodsucking leech feeding off of your veins
The thick viscous blood pouring like lead
Reminding myself
That you will always have
Complete control
Over all that enters my head

Reviews

[Curtis.Lenker]

This poem is awesome. A great way to describe how a leech of a person can bring us down. I just got out a relationship like this myself. This poem has cheered me up a little bit. Great write here.

[John the Baptist]

Has the sound of a dependent relationship. The leech, a parasite, has become a prisoner.