Forgive?

Forgiveness has abandoned me,

As my skin twists,

And my expression dulls,

Forgive?

You know not what lurks beneath,

The ugliness which festers in my gullet,

Anger,

Forgive?

Anger beckons me,

And I heed its call,

Tell me what you yearn, so I may snuff it out,

Forgive?

Tell me what you crave, so I may spoil its taste upon your tongue,

Tell me what you fear, so I may feast upon the way you tremble,

Tell me what you hate, so I may embody it,

Forgive?

No,

My anger soothes,

Nurturing the grotesque,

Poisoning my soul,

Forgive?

It is anger I seek,

It is anger I’ll keep.