Are you there?

I thought you had left
I felt so free without you here
Not having to cater to your needs
I thought you had left
Until I woke to find you inside me
Like an unwelcome worm gnawing away inside an apple
You began to slowly devour me
While I hung around simple waiting to fall or be picked
only to be thrown away as soon as you presence is detected
I thought you had left me
But like imaginary slow motion hornets
You built a tightly packed nest under my cranium
While you feed upon gray matter and gray matters
Your presence bring yesterdays into the present
And forces me to look upon the future through your eyes
I thought you had left me
I thought you were no longer an option
I thought I was free
Was I wrong?

Richard Nedervelt
6/22/00