Ghouls

Opportunists
Soul vampires
When you are in a moment of weakness, they come
Devouring your self-regard like jackals tearing at the flesh of wounded prey
When things are at their worst, they come
Digging into the flesh of your heart like maggots on a corpse
Like ghouls digging into a fresh grave they unearth and exploit your pain
Some people live to hurt
To humiliate
To break
To rape
To forever warp one's love for oneself
And when the dark night of the soul descends
They spring from the shadows
To feast on your agony
Until nothing but a skeleton remains

Me
March 30 2007