Unseeing, you twist the knife 
deeper into your martyr heart
and feel the pain that is the 
perverted happiness you so cherish.
Unheeding, you joyously dance 
into the jaws of the chimera
that devours you alive 
and sucks your spirit dry.
And when you look around in 
the darkest recesses of the monster's belly, 
you find yourself alone
for you have refused the hands 
that have offered you reprieve.


reinvention | denial