Wrap me in a cocoon of denial.

Let it restrict what I am.
Let it paralyze me.

Escape: a truth I can see—
but not feel.

Let your words mean nothing.

Drip your voice into my mouth—
let me taste the venom.
let it choke me—
swell in my throat—
intoxicating me with emptiness.

Share in another’s ears.

Mine are deaf—
muted by your betrayals, 
replaying your broken baritone.