blackout

he unhinges

his mighty jaw,

venom dripping

from his fangs

as he wraps himself

around my throat

he’s squeezing the life out of me

but i can’t seem

to feel a thing

even as he compresses

the bones in my neck

and i can feel them

crunching against each other

and grating against

my spinal cord

i relish in the pain

because i know that

i am powerless against his grip

he whispers to me,

his forked tongue

dancing delicately

against the tip of my ear,

bringing with it

the shame and doubt

that shadows me

wherever i go

those slitted eyes

stare into my own,

eerily intelligent

they’re the last thing i see

before my vision

fades to darkness

*blackout*