silhouette of a dancer

my skin still burns

at all the places you've touched

so aware

you leave no place for hiding

not last night

not this time

i close my eyes

so the world can't see me

and draw the silhouette of a dancer in my head

i can't look through your eyes

but my mind betrays mine

should i starve unmarked?

or confess to my blindness

my eyes still hurt

fighting chasing lights

as they form

silhouettes behind me

let them go

this time

waiting for a change

i can't fight these chains

every day

i bleed to avoid the pain

every day

i fade a little more