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Parasite

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First, you took my breath away.
You threaded the air out of my lungs
like scarves pulled out of the
magician's mouth,
but you were no ordinary magician.
You could pick all of my locks to my secrets,
guess everything about me correctly,
disappear in the blink of an eye.

Then, you stole my heart.
You plucked it out of my chest
like a precious jewel taken by the
cunning thief,
but you were a wanted criminal.
You took the hearts of others
and treated them like they were worthwhile,
but returning them broken and used.

You also have my strength.
You tore out my spine and made my legs give out,
so I'd depend on you like you were my
life support,
but your technology was faulty.
You weren't there enough most days so
I had to find my own way through life without you.
Those days I barely survive.

Finally, you took over my life.
You wormed your way inside of me
and latched onto my soul like a
parasite,
but you were a wonderful source of pain.
Yes, you're toxic, and yes, I can't let you go,
but I can never decide which is better:
When you're here, or when you're gone.
This is actually a good poem in my opinion. Better than my other ones :meow:
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FenixThorn's avatar
What a well written poem!

I love your descriptions and metaphorical approach to the actual situation. I also like the title because a parasite feeds and leeches on its victim, sucking the blood or life out of it. It seems that the parasite is a loved one that can damage the main character of the poem. It seems like a scenario where the main character ( or YOU if the poem is personal) is close to someone that hurts them.

This poem can be widely related to a lot of ppl and I think a lot of us can sympathize with this. I relate this this situation to a kind of addiction...where you love and need something that hurts or destroys. It's all about being strong and getting rid of parasites in the world that try to bring us down. If this is personal, I hope you're able to rid yourself of the parasitic atmosphere that you're living in and move on to better and more positive influences. If this is just a poem stressing that main idea, I think you were able to express the point very clearly.

Nice work on this and I've always loved your writing so keep up the awesome work! :clap: :D