there's a hole

inside of me

where you lie.

i have been

watering

nourishing

keeping you alive.

im swollen

with your roots

your leaves

your thorns.

its time

to dig you out

stuff you under

my fingernails.

but im afraid

in place of your

frightening

twisting

overgrown

life

there will be an

empty

still

breathless

nothing.