Rapunzel's Lover
Her lover enters through a little hole
pierced in the crutch of her arm
and when her lover enters
her tongue fashions
coarse whispers.
Her lover calls to her and she pierces holes
in the veins of her throat.
Her lover coarses through her veins and
she bleeds a sick yellow grey -
her eyes much the same.
Her lover spins tall tales of
love and loss and pain that
only it can subside.
Her mind spins shadows that
potrude from the walls and
scream desparately.
Her lover bashes her head and
destroys her family
and robs her of freedom.
It keeps her locked in agony,
in disgust with herself.
It is a sickness growing stronger
with every little hole
she pierces to allow entry.
and again and again her lover screams
"Rapunzel, Rapunzel,
you must let me in."