Inside the Dragon

INSIDE

INSIDE

INSIDE

INSIDE

LOST

WHERE AM I

SWALLOWED

SWALLOWED

HOLLOW

HOLLOW

NOTHING

IN THIS

DRAGON’S

GROTTO

MY BLOOD BURNS

Invisible acid is inside my organs.

MY STOMACH CHURNS

My brain sounds like a broken organ.

LAUGHTER ECHOING

LAUGHTER ECHOING

I AM IN HIS BELLY AND

YET HE’S LAUGHING AT ME

“I told you to die.”

I WILL NOT DIE

“Your body is mine.”

MY BODY IS MINE

“You’re skillful to lie.”

NO LONGER WILL I LIE

“Then-“

THEN DIE

My teeth are disgusting but made for biting

My claws I can’t look at

But designed for fighting

YOUR INSIDES LACK

THE SCALES ON YOUR BACK

YOUR WEAKNESS MAKES ME WANT TO ATTACK

“You will be consumed-“

I WILL NOT BE CONSUMED

I’LL RIP OUT YOUR SKIN FROM INSIDE THIS WOMB

“You’re already dead-“

NO I WILL BE BORN

YOUR WORDS HAVE NO MEANING

TO MY HEAD FULL OF HORNS

DIE

DIE

OPEN

INSIDE

cut

wet

…ringing.

lifeless.

Down below, the green corpse falls to the bottom of the caves, terrifying the trolls lurking there.

“God?”

They ask him

“Maybe to you”

I answer

“I’ll be in heaven

Don’t wait up.”