I wait where the nerves twitch, where your breath skips
I taste your pulse when you lie and say you’re fine
You dress me in excuses, lock the door and hope
But I’ve lived in your marrow longer than hope
You keep your face blank, but your dreams betray
Every scream you swallow just sharpens my blade
I am the hunger under your calm,
The itch in your smile, the tremor in your palm
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You can run, you can act, but you know I’m awake
I feed on your panic, on every mistake
You fill your days with rules, try to keep me chained
But I slip through the cracks, I love your pain
You’re never alone, never just you—
I am the shadow that you can’t undo
I’ve got claws, I’ve got keys—
I live for the night when you let me free
I listen to your heartbeat, thick and slow
I count every lie you pretend I don’t know
You hand me the wheel when the edge feels near
I steer you to chaos and feed on the fear
You ache for release but you’ll never confess
You want to be saved but you settle for less
You try to be gentle, try to forget
But I love you best when you’re drowning in sweat
One day you’ll stop fighting, you’ll turn out the light
Let me wear your face, let me take what’s mine
I am the ache, I am the scream
The truth in your blood, the end of your dream
You built this cage, you forged this chain
But I am the lock, and I know your shame
You can run, you can hide, you can bleed, you can plead
But in the end, you are nothing but me
No mask, no hope, just the dark and the teeth—
I am the hunger
I am underneath
I’ve got claws
And I’ve got you