Obsession

Obsession starts off so innocent

you look at me and I look back, then smile

I thought you were being nice

but you weren’t, were you?

You seem to always be near me

a coincidence, an untaken seat next to me

but it wasn’t, was it?

You mirror my actions

it starts off small, the way I cross my legs

or clap my hands in excitement

then things I say, songs I sing, the way I dress

I feel your eyes on me everywhere I go

sometimes I catch a glimpse of you in the corner of my eye

at school, in the grocery store, outside my bedroom window

Why? Why are you doing this to me?

Why won’t you leave me alone?

Why won’t you let me go?

I was never yours to own

But now I’m imprisoned with thoughts of you infesting my mind like a hornet’s nest

its constant humming and disorder deteriorating what I thought was mine alone

What will you do next? When will this hell end?

I would rather endure a million stings, feel the poison ebb and flow