The Maw

I am an empty shell

Destroyed from the inside

My free will gone, my conscience fades

But I still feel everything

I didn't ask for this, I did was I was told

To no avail

I run for my life, no one is saving me

I feel helpless

My skin is ripped open and my bones are crushed

As the parasite slips inside

It crawls through my body, plants points of control

Piercing through my head and face

I fight for my life

Against this monster that has taken over me

(The pain, the pain, I've lost all my self-control)

It has me search for food and as I spot my prey

No

No

(The pain, the pain, I've lost all my self-control)

I am powerless

I see my victim in the corner

My pain is replaced with terror

No

It is my love

Her eyes fill with fear and disbelief

I reach out, I try to hold her, it takes over

My eyes won't shut

I watch her seize

She cries my name

I scream in vain

I can't stop

Against my will, I grab her face and grip tight

I rip her jaw apart

Her eyes roll to the back of her head

I hear her whimper now

Hushed cries as I gnaw on her teeth

Her lifeless corpse falls to the ground

Oh

I'm dead

But in pain

I gaze at my love

What have I done? This can't be real

This thing inside me

Has wrought agony

I carry on

Memories start to fade

She left this world in fear of me

Please don't go, I have nobody

A roving husk I have become

Years to ponder what I've done

My life

Undone