There is a stranger in my mouth
an unwanted visitor who refuses to leave
even though I want him to go
There is a stranger in this house
he keeps making me forget
why he cannot stay here anymore
he keeps making me forget that
this house
this body
this mind
this soul
is still mine
There is a stranger in my mouth
each time I try to speak
his voice comes out
he makes me forget
the love I promised myself
There is a stranger in this house
he leaves trails of his sins
in the corners I can no longer reach
he makes me forget that
this guilt
this shame
this fear
was never mine to begin with—
Poesy 