I, too have "demons". I think eyerone has demons who haunt. This piece is nicely crafted. I love the images. Thanks for sharing!

... a wonderful write.....

Possibly my favorite thing of yours. That first stanza is brilliant, and the rest of the poem just follows suit. Awesome write, Clara.

There is a kind of breaking apart in this that I really like.

The loneliness and sadness in this are palpable. It takes a poet to get into a scene like this - actual or imagined. You did it well. Thanks for another brilliant piece, Mel.

A few aspects of this piece stand out, and make it, as a whole, stand out; the changes in tense offer different ways (projective/retrospective) in which to view the scene; some instances of ambiguity, like soft screams that tear / without herself and intriguing imagery, such as suckled by the drain. These shades of style and technique offer colourful viewing, despite the subdued tone, and the final line adds weight to conjecture. Serious writing Clara...