Metamorphosis

Woke up strange Couldn’t move Skin all wrong But mind still true Tried to speak But all they heard Was something crawling In a slurred, sharp blur Father’s steps Like falling stone Mother cried But not for long Sister knocks But won’t come near I press my heart Against the fear I am still in here Though you turn away I remember names You forgot that day I am still in here But the light is thin And every breath I take Wears down my skin Meals slide in The plate goes cold They whisper loud Behind the door Dust collects Where I once stood They say I’m gone But I never could I only wanted To be loved To speak, to work To be enough But silence grew And rooms got small And love— Stopped calling at all I am still in here But you don’t see The thing you feared Was always me I am still in here But I won’t stay You closed the door So I’ll fade away I am still in here I am still in here But you don’t see The thing you feared Was always me I am still in here But I won’t stay You closed the door So I’ll fade away But I'm still here