~A thorn burrows steadily into my heart
making its slow way toward my center by degrees
Tiny little harmless thing when on its own,
exposed to the purification of oxygenated air
yet lethal inside the lightless humid me~
~A thorn burrows steadily into my heart
making its slow way toward my center by degrees
Tiny little harmless thing when on its own,
exposed to the purification of oxygenated air
yet lethal inside the lightless humid me~