Peripheral Visions

 these lights
 these sights
 seen
 but never noticed...
 one of them,
 hidden in plain sight,
 20/20
 into & out of view,
 you stare through me...
 an insect,
 creeping through the cracks,
 i'm in your heart
 & in your house
 & you never saw it coming
 until the disease infected your life...
 you want the sickness...
 enthralled by the fever,
 you feel the high
 & grow addicted...
 you want to keep me,
 you want to love me,
 you have no idea who i am...
 "take me," you say
 as i gnaw my way to you,
 chew my way through you
 horrendously woo you
 until nothing else moves you...
 i'll leave you wounded
 & wanting more
 as i scurry off
 in search of another...
 you'll never be the same,
 some scars just never heal -
 forever reminding you
 of what you had
 but did not see...
 
- 04/01/1995 4:18am - kenneth p rougeau jr