Bones & Soul

As I stared into her eyes

Glaring at my face

Teeth scuttling into each other

Disgusted she looked into my soul

While I looked back into hers, terrified

Absolutely unabashed

She bore her nails into my skin

And I laid there

Tethering my soul to my backbone

It wept and cried

Jumped up and all around

Like a mad man in chains on an asylum floor

But my skin, stone cold

Froze my muscles to their bones

And I laid there

Putting an exterior

Calm and composed

Held the tears back

Pushed them into their ducts

As I laid there

Waiting for it to be over

Her nails dug into my skin

Her teeth clasped into my flesh

Her spit on my tongue

And my bones were all that were me

Silent and afloat

In this dimension

While I was away in another

Known to none but me

I was no longer waiting for it to be over

As far as I knew

There was nothing to be over

A slight jolt in my nerves

And my soul was no longer tethered

My stoney bones were no longer cold

My skin and flesh were no longer whole

They were ripped and I was broken

As she sublimed

I solidified

Whole again but torn in places to never be put together again

Burnt so you could never even find the pieces

Ears flaming red and hot

Soul sprung back to life

Nowhere to let go

No-one to turn to

Nothing to feel

She cried

In vain

Soundless and alone

In pain

Always to count on