The Other

Desperately, I seek to understand who I am at my very core

From the inside out, unraveling my deepest desires, discovering my unknowns

My hidden truths

My judgements

My fears and my armor

The walls I create, to keep you out

I'm constantly searching for the differences between us

Between Me and the Other

But my identity resides in you

It lies internal

So I dissect

I eat away at you to understand

I take from you, I leave you empty, to understand

I bring you closer into my darkness

A forced amalgamation

I deconstruct you, break you down

Consume your insides until

I feel your pain, I feel your life

Until we are one

Until I see

I am the other.

You are my other.