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by 2Moon Author IconMail Icon
Rated: E · Poetry · Other · #1779583
We are the beast
We are the beast that growls
within the writer's mind,
claws scratching the surface,
bleeding ink.
We are the stinging nettles,
scraping the fleshy part off the hide,
separating sinew from muscle,
peeling the sounds.

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