I Invited ‘Em - Poem

Behind you

Around you

Inside you

A thousand voices sounding off, I invited 'em

I keep my breath shallow in spite of 'em

Tight chest, dawn to dusk

Try your best; gore and rust is all I see

Pick my skin 'til it's leather

Or at least a little thicker

Each day, for the glass, I reach a little quicker

They're behind you

Around you

Inside you

Eyes watching, you hear them whisper