Him

Today

Today, I don’t feel it.

I don’t feel the threads slap on my heart

As the wind swims through my bones.

I don’t feel the devious stitches taunting me,

Slithering its way out of me.

But.

I feel the sharp pinch of the needle.

I feel the thick, sticky blood pump its way back inside me.

I feel him.

Closing in.

Holding me firmly,

Almost suffocating,

Almost unbearable.

But it’s reassuring.

Reassuring me that he will

Protect me,

He will fight with me,

He will make sure everything is going to be all right.

And for once,

I let him.

I let him take me,

Heal me,

Fix me,

Complete the broken inside me.

Finally.

I have finally found

The elusive light in my tunnel that I’ve been waiting for.