As I climbed inside of you
You I thought I became harmless
I took up arms
Against all that would do me harm
I fought every battle I could
Inside of you I hide from the world
Little did I know
You were doing more harm than good
As you chafed my skin under your heat and weight
I learned I could not win
The longer I stayed
The more I drew closer to my fate
To die in you
If I did not learn to escape from you
To risk exposure to the world
As I took you off
The more my skin peeled with each shell
As they fell to the ground
Oh god the smell
My rotting flesh exposed to the world
An unquenchable stench
A body no wench would touch
A grotesque monster is all I’ve become
Hidden away from years of fear
Fear of being vulnerable
Of imagined wounds
Never seeing the self-inflicted wounds from staying in you too long
I was wrong
You weren’t my protector
You were my prison
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