parasitic

for you i was just a body you clung onto 
in hopes of escaping the teeth of insanity that nipped harshly at your feet

instead of saving you i began to join you 
manic obsession and mood swings
i didn't see the rot forming within me 

the mold growing in my body
the parasites gnawing at my bones

your lips were warm with questions i could never answer
but so cold against my own
always searching for something

and you never told me why