The Squatter
written by: Dawn Pisturino
You crawled inside my head,
Took up residence without permission,
Rearranged the furniture in my brain,
And refused to be evicted.
You clawed your way into my heart,
Tore my flesh to bloody shreds,
Played the instruments of my emotions,
And refused to be silent.
You bulldozed the fortress of my resistance,
Broke the walls of my desire,
Found the gems of my dismay
And the keys to my existence.
Slowly dying from the poison of your embrace,
Slowly dwindling from the
Sheer magnetic power of your possession,
I am lost and cannot find myself.
MARCH 2024 AUTHOR OF THE MONTH at Spillwords.com
Dawn Pisturino is a retired nurse in Arizona whose publishing credits include poems, limericks, short stories, and articles. Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies, most recently in "Wounds I Healed: The Poetry of Strong Women" and the "2023 Arizona Literary Magazine." A monthly contributor for Gobblers & Masticadores, she is a member of Mystery Writers of America and the Arizona Authors Association.
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