Feral

servile to the scrape
emerge and immolate
trust
trust in sorrow
like flies to wounds feed
feed the gnawing
thrall of disease
quiet

obsession scratching
scratching like caged beasts
trust the ever unfolding
too fast to embalm
be still to enter
what moth and rust
never render undone

potent
vengeful on conscious
a black winged promise
bled cracks dry
sutured a bliss
when relief became distress
solvent a caress
enshroud with black wings
a trance to numb the sting