vampire bat

I sink my teeth
Into your sympathy
To try and win your love.
I pray you will see
My open wounds
And want to sew them up.
Run your hands
Over the starry sky
Of self inflicted silver lines;
Hide me in your bedroom
So your friends believe
I'm fine.

You can't leave me -
Not in this state -
I am far too vulnerable
After feeling so dejected,
Always rejected,
Completely miserable.
Don't be another
In the list
Of people who did me wrong.
Try to reverse
The damage that they did;
Make me feel like I belong.

But if you dare
To leave me
I will bleed out in your room.
Stain your bedsheets with
My blood and tears -
Your mind will be my tomb.
I will be the ghost
In your house,
The guilty weight upon your mind.
I'll drag you down
Into my depression;
The same one that made you mine.