Unhealthy Attachments

Heavy drops of water

Slink slowly off my coat,

A growing puddle at my feet.

Shoes soaking up each drop

Spreading slowly to the seams.

I watch it collect on my skin,

Beading slowly

Chilling my hands to the bone.

Bones sick with sadness,

Suppressed but never forgotten.

I wear it each day

Heavy in the pockets of my coat.

Shrouded in darkness,

Hidden away for good.

Relinquished of the burden,

A hole left open wide-

Exposed, I long for my coat.

Misery, my constant companion

Comforts me no more,

Left alone and shivering on the floor.

Cold and lonely, I search for my coat

Hoping for the way it was before.

Waiting in vain for darkness to return

Instead of embracing the light.