Challenge
Hi everyone! I love this challenge by BlairLogan1 and wanted to share: Tell me a story from the perspective of a parasite. I just found a tick on my pillow, so I killed it. But afterwards, I felt remorseful because deep down I'm a lover not a killer. On one hand, it's a parasite that wants to live off of me and could cause disease; on the other, that's the only way it can survive. Write me a story or poem from a parasite's perspective. Don't forget to tag us!
Write a poem/story from the perspective of a parasite
Parasitic Invader
Never trust his hunger -
a man of beefy hands
and watered down marrow
a carnivore thirsty for blood
invading my thoughts,
sucking my lifeblood
as my feet run swiftly
through forests
of self-delusion
tingling numb presence
hiding from
his threatening invasion
his words a bite of breaking skin
he is a man to be flicked off
disposable and insignificant
whirling in his banishment
he infiltrates
my torn spirit.
He devours me
in the darkness
affixed to my spine
as I pray
to excise him
from my soul
to stop the flow
of fetid waters
flooding within.