Ignore it, deny it, distract it;
This creature that has festerd inside of you for over a decade.
Siphoning off your best to bolster her own strength.
The physical pain that she creates, crawling around the shell of your chest, is palpable every day,
and you gag on her tail curling up into your throat.
There is no oxygen left in the blood that flows through your heart, with all the purpose of a novelty fountain.
This monster now holds your air, your hope, your heart.
And if she didn’t exist anymore, would you?
Nearly symbiotic, if not for her malicious intent.

Luciana, 36