I did not want to
pulled from my body in youth
ripped from the soft flesh of a child
filled with spirit divine they told me

to eat the flesh of flesh beyond
Make it mine to form this bond
between it and i it flourished more
within me the claws have scored
scraping skin like bark of tree
underneath our sap runs free
beyond i, become it more than strange
i wear thy other out to mange

what is what you think of me
told by thine own heart to thee
speak it quiet in thy home
cage your words before they roam
dark and darker 'neath the roof
i only have your move as proof
stood on dust and borne the same
once, they said, we shar'd a name