The words
Only paper, Only paper, Only paper
Ink like fingers on leaves of white
That peeled from the pages to pierce my skull
I tried to shut them out, but they crawled beneath my eyelids and mixed with my bloodstream
You know too much... you dont know enough
I tear at the pages
Tear at the pages, tear at the pages, tear at the pages
But they exist inside me, squirming under my skin, speaking in a voice much like my own
Read, read, read
Gluttony, Greed, avarice
I won't be afraid
They pick at my brain, but they cannot consume me
These words are legacy, memory, ghosts. Only paper
Only paper Only paper Only paper
I will consume them all
And so, I too become a ghost
A shell to be filled with writhing words. A ghostly compendium