a necklace of rope too tight
to comfortably sit upon my skin,
it coils around me
with a malevolent glint in its slitted eyes
and bright teeth that illuminates the shadows
with a sly, wicked smile.
strands twisted together
until it became thicker, stronger,
and deadly,
small strings stick out from the pact,
scratching at my bare skin as an irritation
as it as a whole was compressing my arteries,
ridding me of the blood i needed
and printing its pattern into me
until the world started to fade,
and i gave up trying to cling to life
while my hands clawed towards death.