JLK
My heart aches
Feels like there is a hand in my chest
It snaked its way between my ribs and around my sternum
Palm wrapped around my heart
Squeezing, as the muscle bulges between the fingers
My chest hurts
The hand trying to take my heart from its cavity
Turning and twisting, trying to fit back between my ribs
Refusing to let go, the hand pulls and pulls
Pushing against the inside of its cage
I am afraid
One day the hand will grow strong enough and rip through my ribs
Scattering blood and bone
Leaving me to fall to my knees as an empty husk of what I once was
Unfeeling and alone
I am in pain
But at least I am not numb
At least I am not nothing
Yet.