The Takers ©

Poem by Cici

What's next after you have given your all -
You have sacrificed your last morsel
and have turned the other cheek again and again?
What's next when you run out of cheeks to turn
and the takers are still not satisfied?

What do you do when the demons inside you
are growing stronger and louder
A cacophony of wailing, black rage welling deep within
and you ache to let it free?

What's next when the takers still scream for more
and poison begins to flow through your veins
and they cry more, more, more
give us more!

Do you explode?...