Gnaw

I'm pulling out my teeth

I'm gnawing off my own leg

For years I've been asleep, but I

Woke up in a bad bed

You're tugging my sleeve

As I try to leave

You know that I'll give in

But in the end

I thought I'd get

Something more than this

Something more than this

It's like untangling a necklace

While swimming in a jacket

I always swear I'm leaving

But I never do it

My body is weak

From starving my needs

It's safer to play dead

In the end

Maybe I'll never get it

Something more than this

Something more than this

Something more than this

I wake up from this dream

Where I met my future husband

He had dimples on his cheeks

And you look nothing like him

But I go back to sleep

Pull the covers over my head

They won't even hear me scream

When I become your wife instead