I Scream, You Scream
It's here
It's now
It hollows you out with an ice cream scoop
Until all that's left are chunks of frozen strawberry
It's life
It's torture
Living here in the freezer beneath a cardboard lid
Behind the frozen waffles that are covered with freezer burn
The spoon feels like a screwdriver
It twists in your side
You wish you could shiver
But you can't even hide
Someday you'll reach your expiration date
Someday they'll throw you out
And you'll melt into some sewer grate
Until you're all run out
The Kraken
Deep inside the roiling sea
Swallowed by an oyster
There lives a tiny part of me
A part that is a monster
Black and grey and full of teeth
It slithers and unfurls
It slumbers while it waits beneath
A shining bed of pearls
I tried to bury it and run
I tried to weigh it down with rocks
I hid it far from everyone
Down below the salty docks
But it woke up, it got away
It slipped back up upon the shore
Escaping through the solid quay
To join with me I'm whole once more
Although to call me now complete
Is the saddest of sad lies
I think it's time that you should meet
The one inside, my sweet surprise.
I hope you like it.
Happy Anniversary.