you must be.

you must be time.
your hands strike at midnight.
instead of allowing me a sweet slumber.
you make home within my thoughts.
a malicious mind reader.
you call me. you ask of me.
only and only when i have convinced myself that i am free of you.
you must be the embodiment of a danger sign.
pretending not to know.
of the bruises you created beneath my skin.
and all i know is the feeling of your fingerprints.
tracing the trail of a scar deep within.
proving my foolishness time and time again.
must you be everything that pains me.