• Blood leaks, designs on the floor.
    I smile, release in the face of distress.
    Monsters recede, allowing me peace.
    Voices quieted, needed silence.
    Drip. Drip. Drip.
    Blood leaks, the world spins.
    I smile, knowing that I am alive.
    And what was this experience,
    but another drop of blood,
    on the page of my illegitimate existence.