malignancy

you grew underneath my feet
through the cracks in the side-
walk that i tried so hard to step
over.

i was oblivious.
you were grey

and dull
and blended
right into the pavement.
but you sprouted yourself
and fed off of every
single
worry
that dripped from me like sweat.
you wrapped around my ankles
like vines
and i fell
to my knees.
and your thorns stabbed
into my skin,
injecting all of you into me.
you found your way to every inch
of my being.

made a home in my head
and a hole in my heart.